PostsCommentsPayoutsgaviotawriter (63)in Ladies of Hive • 2 months agoI hate the blue that precedes storms/ Odio el azul que precede la tormenta (ENG/ESP)A category 5 hurricane is heading straight for my home. Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba endangered. Hurricane Melissa is a huge threat for Cuba.gaviotawriter (63)in Hive Book Club • 2 months agoA survey (please, I need your help hereSurvey Greetings, community. The illustrator of my book, “Just a Bit of Chaos,” has just sent me some possible cover images, and since I found all of them interesting I need your help. Survey. Vote.gaviotawriter (63)in Liketu • 2 months agoVisiting the "Plaza de San Francisco" in Old HavanaToday I visited the Plaza de San Francisco in Old Havana. It's a place famous for many things; I remember it used to be called "the pigeon square" (though this time, I didn't see…gaviotawriter (63)in Cinnamon Cup Coffee • 2 months agoCoffee at Bigote Gato, a place with a tremendous history whose existence I was unaware of/ Café en el Bigote Gato, un lugar con tremenda historia cuya existencia desconocía (ENG/ESP)Coffee at Bigote Gato, a place with a tremendous history whose existence I was unaware of. After finishing an errand in Old Havana, we got a craving for coffee. Since we were newly made friends (an interestinggaviotawriter (63)in Worldmappin • 2 months agoJesús del Monte: A Piece of Havana's History, Far from the Tourist Trail/ Jesús del Monte: un pedazo de Historia habanera lejos del foco turístico (ENG/ESP)Jesús del Monte: A Piece of Havana's History, Far from the Tourist Trail/ Jesús del Monte: un pedazo de Historia habanera lejos del foco turístico (ENG/ESP) From my Havana apartment, two landmarks aregaviotawriter (63)in Hive Pets • 2 months agoWhen the Global Cat Distribution System does its thing 🐾When the Global Cat Distribution System does its thing 🐾 Hello, community friends! 👋 Today I'm here to introduce you to my two babies: KP3 (the older one) and Odysseus (the younger one). Both are rescues.gaviotawriter (63)in Hive Book Club • 2 months ago"Voices from Chernobyl": A Book About The Everyday Life of Horror/ "Voces de Chernóbil": un libro sobre la cotidianidad del horror (Eng/Esp)Today I'm going to review a book that I can only describe as essential but difficult. Not because it's bad, quite the opposite, nor because it's complex (which it is, but not in the way one might imagine),gaviotawriter (63)in Cinnamon Cup Coffee • 2 months agoHogwarts: A Magical Café in the Heart of Las Tunas ✨☕/ Hogwarts: un café mágico en el corazón de Las Tunas ✨☕ (ENG/ESP)The other day, I was in the city of Las Tunas for a literary event and I got to visit this café with such an interesting theme again. Let me introduce you to Hogwarts, a tiny…gaviotawriter (63)in Worldmappin • 2 months agoHavana's Chinatown: Pain, Culture, and Resistance/ El Barrio Chino de La Habana: dolor, cultura y resistencia (ENG/ ESP)Havana's Chinatown was the largest in Latin America and came to be considered the second most important in the world after San Francisco's (USA). It is located very close to the…gaviotawriter (63)in Wednesday Walk • 2 months agoWork, traditional Cuban lunch, writers, coffee/ Trabajo, almuerzo tradicional cubano, escritores, café (ENG/ESP)On Wednesday, leaving a meeting at my third job, I ran into my friend Milho, another writer. We decided to have a coffee, which turned into lunch, and today I'll tell you more about the place. It's agaviotawriter (63)in Cinnamon Cup Coffee • 2 months ago“Cafecito and Gossip” in Vedado, Havana, Cuba/ “Cafecito y chisme” en el Vedado, Habana, Cuba (ENG/ESP) Walking down Calle G in Vedado, a sign immediately caught my attention. The café is called “Cafecito and Gossip.” And of course, I had to go in and bring you, just as the name…gaviotawriter (63)in Worldmappin • 2 months ago41 Paula Street: The Birthplace of the Most Important Man in Cuban History/ Calle Paula #41: La Casa Natal del hombre más importante de la Historia de Cuba (ENG/ESP)One of the first things any Cuban child learns is that the Apostle, the National Hero, José Martí, was born on January 28, 1853, in a humble little house on Paula Street, in…gaviotawriter (63)in Hive Book Club • 2 months agoTime as an Excuse and a Character: Hyperion, by Dan Simmons/ El tiempo como excusa y personaje: Hyperion, de Dan Simmons (ENG/ ESP)Today, I bring you a fascinating book, a cult classic of science fiction, winner of a Hugo Award, full of literary references and intertextuality of all kinds. We're talking…gaviotawriter (63)in Worldmappin • 3 months agoPieces of History: The Remains of Havana's Wall/ Trozos de Historia: Los restos de la muralla de La Habana (ENG/ESP)I confess I went to this place with full intention. City walls are one of those structures one directly associates with specific eras. Santiago de Cuba, my city, never had one…gaviotawriter (63)in Worldmappin • 4 months agoLoma del Ángel: The Real Cuban Drama Behind "Cecilia Valdés"/ La Loma del Ángel: el drama cubano real detrás de Cecilia Valdés (ENG/ESP)Walking through Old Havana, I ended up, almost by accident, at an iconic site for Cuban culture. Famous for giving its name to the crowning novel of 19th-century Cuba and one of…gaviotawriter (63)in Weekend Experiences • 4 months agoWeekend Adventure: A Medieval Fair in the Heart of CubaImagine walking under the Caribbean sun of La Cabaña in Havana, Cuba, and suddenly discovering a medieval fair. It's not a movie set or a time machine: it's a vibrant fragment of the Middle Ages, recreatedgaviotawriter (63)in SciFi Multiverse • 4 months agoLove, Death and Robots Season 4: A Thoroughly Forgettable Season (Review)/ Love, Death and Robots 4: una temporada muy olvidable (reseña) (ENG/ESP)I'm not sure this is the opinion you all want to read, but the fourth season of Love, Death and Robots is pretty bad. We here are die-hard fans of this series – it's rare for me to get hooked on a show,gaviotawriter (63)in Holos&Lotus • 5 months agoCumplir 30: manual de supervivencia a la cubana 🥳🎂/ My 30s Agenda: Zero F*cks to Give. The Cuban Survival Guide 🥳🎂 (ENG/ESP)Hoy es mi cumpleaños. No cualquiera: cumplo 30 . Creo que no conozco una sola mujer que vea esta cifra sin algún tipo de reacción. En Cuba, significa que entras a los "ta":…gaviotawriter (63)in SciFi Multiverse • 5 months agoMass Extinctions: The "End of the World" That’s Happened Five Times (Part 2)/ Extinciones masivas: el "fin del mundo" que ha pasado cinco veces (ENG/ESP)Image: generated using Openart.ai In my last post , I defined Mass Extinctions (MEs) and mentioned there have been five—so far. Let’s cut to the chase, as the dermatologist…gaviotawriter (63)in Literatos • 5 months agoLa verdadera muerte/ The True Death (ESP/ENG)Cuando te fuiste no se oyó más ópera en la casa. En tu sillón, ahora vacío, nadie se atrevía a sentarse. Te guardábamos el lugar, como si hubieras ido un momento a la esquina, aunque en los últimos años
