It has been too long since I reported on a fallen street sign. For the first time ever, we cover (A) a fallen Double Arrow sign and (B) a fallen street sign in Columbia Street Waterfront District.

An article about an outgoing Baidu employee replacing himself with a chatbot reminded me of the time I replaced myself with a classmate in math class. What follows is an anecdote about humanity. Is there a lesson here? I leave that to the readers to decide.

My thoughts on various factors to consider in deciding how to build and host a blog or writing website.

Wherein I review The New Leaf Journal's sixth birthday month with a new and original inflatable spring decoration photograph as a bonus.

On how to establish a sort of blogging/online writing rhythm or routine while avoiding what the kids call "burnout" or ruining one's enjoyment of his or her online writing endeavor.

On seeing the first Curtis Sliwa 2025 mayoral campaign signs in Brooklyn Heights on Mother's Day 2026, more than six months after election day.

Seeing the smoke from the May 3, 2026 fire in Belleville, New Jersey, from across the river in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Back in 2021 I documented a well-painted banana bench in Brooklyn. Five years later, the bench looks a bit worse for wear.

The case for taking the case to enjoy a walk (solo or with company) without listening to something on your phone or iPod or otherwise removing yourself from the moment.

You may have seen the "Little Free Library" boxes. But have you seen Brooklyn Heights' "Stick Library" for dogs?

The 2026 spring season theme at The New Leaf Journal is spring cleaning. Admittedly not the most creative, but summer 2026 will be big.

We are now starting April (and approaching this humble perennially virid online writing magazine’s sixth birthday). When a new month comes, […]

"UNCLE SUSAN" graffiti tag sighting on a sign post on the periperhy of Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

A Happy Cleaners cargo tricycle sighting just off the Third Street Bridge in Gowanus, Brooklyn, turns into a short essay on recent developments around the Gowanus Canal.

I came across the Fruitmobile, a world-famous art car, while wandering around Houston Hobby Airport. My photographs led to an artistic research project.

I came across a new BLOB DYLAN tag in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The February 2026 snow gets to one side of statues of Christopher Columbus and Robert F. Kennedy near Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Documenting snowman (and snow bear?) sightings in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, and Carroll Gardens in late February 2026.