Recapping Junited and JulyReply 2026 at ECS

Robert Birming, an independent blogger, invited bloggers from around the web to participate in community blogging events in June and July. In June he hosted Junited, which encouraged bloggers to share blog posts they enjoy from around the web. July brought JulyReply, which encouraged bloggers to reply to posts they enjoyed around the web. I participated in both, publishing a combined 37 blog posts between Junited (19) and July Reply (18). If you are only familiar with my work here on The New Leaf Journal, it would have missed these projects, for I conducted both on my short-form writing website, The Emu Café Social. But I was loath to leave The New Leaf Journal out of the fun, so below, you will find my full recap of Junited and JulyReply 2026 on The Emu Café Social. I took this photo on June 29, 2026. I do not remember in which Brooklyn neighborhood, however. Junited 2026 I published 19 Junited 2026 posts in a special category I created for the event on The Emu Café Social. Below, I…