On the nostalgic smell of a freshly-opened booster pack of Pokémon cards. social.emucafe.org/naferrell/th...#Pokémon#HackerNews#Nostalgia

[Note] The Smell of Pokémon Cards

On remembering the smell of freshly opened Pokémon card booster packs despite not having opened a pack in more than 20 years.

Seen in Brooklyn four years ago and photographed as part of my old BlackBerry Classic photography series, a noble rooster. https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-rooster-statue-in-brooklyn/#Brooklyn#Rooster#Statue#Photography

Sharing a charming and very artistic staff book recommendation at a Brooklyn Barnes & Noble, thenewleafjournal.com/no-bones-abo...#BarnesAndNoble#BookStore#Bones#Brooklyn#Recommendation

No Bones About Needing the Bones

I share a very creative staff book recommendation featuring good bone drawnings from the Atlantic Avenue Barnes & Noble.

For the second time, I documented a walk across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge, a pedestrian walkway which connects the Brooklyn NYC neighborhoods of Carroll Gardens and Red Hook. thenewleafjournal.com/b/6uQ#NYC#Brooklyn#CarrollGardens#RedHook#Photography

Walking Across Hamilton Ave Footbridge 2

Documenting a walk across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge in Brooklyn, NYC, starting from Coles Street in Carroll Gardens and exiting in Red Hook.

Just over two years ago, I wrote about a free and open source classic Pokémon cursor theme. I am still using the cursor on my main workstation, so it gets my continuing stamp of approval. https://thenewleafjournal.com/pokemon-cursor-theme-for-linux-and-windows/#Cursors

If a hero does something heroic but no one sees or hears about it, is he or she a hero? I sidestep this question by telling you about how I saved a wayward Ailanthus Webworm Moth trapped in my apartment building. thenewleafjournal.com/b/6tz#Bug#Moth#Anecdote#MyPhoto

Rescuing an Ailanthus Webworm Moth

I rescued an odd orange and white bug stuck inside my building. Only after rescuing it did I conduct some research to learn that it was an Ailthanus Webworm Moth.

Seen in Brooklyn, New York: A (probably) reishi mushroom growing in a tree pit. thenewleafjournal.com/reishi-mushr...#NYC#Brooklyn#Photography#Mushroom

Reishi Mushroom in Brooklyn Tree Pit

Sharing a photograph of what appears to be a reishi mushroom growing in a tree pit in Brooklyn in August 2024 after several days of summer showers.

I explain how I used the lightweight and open source Relevanssi Light WordPress plugin to introduce boolean search on my site. Even if your users do not make use of it, it is very helpful on the admin side for finding specific articles. thenewleafjournal.com/b/6k3#WordPress#WordPressPlugins

Implementing Boolean Search On NLJ

Explaining how I implemented boolean search on my WordPress site using built in filter hooks for the Relevanssi Light plugin.

My good friend and New Leaf Journal colleague Victor V. Gurbo’s June 2021 article about grafting a brass bird’s head cane handle to an umbrella (https://thenewleafjournal.com/b/1dw) is going crazy on The New Leaf Journal at the moment. But wherever the hits are coming from aren’t sending […]

I missed the Axe there. True enough. Brings back memories much like the story did. My classmates in high school would use it as "air freshener" -- classroom actually smelled fine until the clouds of Axe. Nostalgic, without qualifying good vs bad nostalgia.