Today, the land of my birth, upbringing, is 60 yrs old. Now starting to develop after years of severe poverty. People couldn’t vote for almost 3 decades! 2020: citizens guarded ballot boxes to prevent the country from going back to chaos. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY #GUYANA!!

I once lived this ~ close to the sea. It was beautiful. 🧡💙🩵

Fiddling with formatting book 2. Excited!!!

We couldn’t do much, couldn’t have a li’l outing but I made sure my mom had a fun day at home. Nice food, chatting with people back in #Guyana via the internet. Little things can make a day feel good.

Love. Pure love.

When he was younger, he went to #Guyana twice. Maaaan, I wish we all had such a love for this wonderful place we call earth.

Y’know that feeling when you fixin’ up de last minute details of a project? Thaz me, doing de li’l things to (self) publish second #book via draft2digital.

Yesterday: Arrival Day #Guyana, remembering when poor people were shipped from India to Guyana to work for the Empire. Across the kala pani...the black water...our ancestors came, struggled, survived. Always remember them, celebrate them with art, love, peace and unity.

How important is the book cover to you? I’ve read really great books with covers that are not dramatic or interesting.

A mockup of book 2 cover. Fooling around with colours and so on.

Eating lunch the #Guyana way. Breaking roti with one hand then picking up the food with the roti.

I gettin’ there… substack.com/home/post/p-...

An interesting photography exhibition opening in #Kingston #Jamaica illustrates the urban heat island we live in. #climatechange #feelingtheheat #photography

Book lovers!! Did you know that today is #WorldBookDay? Every day is a #booklovinday!! Have a look here: neenamaiya.substack.com/s/my-book-lo...

But from the start, Earth did not please. You set it alight, you disemboweled it, you forcefully established marks of your presence all over it. As you tore up what sustained us, our world under your sway fell into the true darkness — Olive Senior, from “Seeing the Light” #EarthDay #Poetry

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Been for a walk and had an epiphany. I haven’t had one in a while! Wheee….

What I reeeeally wanted for breakfast: daal and roti. What I had: oatmeal plus other boring things.

Window. Visual #poetry lisi-tana.com/2026/04/08/w...

De flowers I bought on Monday have opened up. They are bloomin’ beautiful. My li’l #writer happiness #caregiver comfort

#Writers. #Caribbean people in NY. Anyone interested? www.nypl.org/spotlight/wo...

🩶🤍📖 📕 📚🩶🤍 #book love

I buy supermarket flowers once a month as a treat for my mother and me. #caregiverslife #writers need a treat sometimes too.

Singing engine flying in de sky today. #Guyana #EasterMonday #kiteflyingday

“…where is the East Indian woman #writer from the Caribbean?” #anonymous people #Guyana #women neenamaiya.substack.com/p/where-is-she

Screeeeeeeam the dreaded hasarilli snake found only in #Guyana!!! It probably got in via a space under the door!!!

March is done. But always remember the #women who helped you!!

April 1 is the day we should read a book that makes us kick up our feet and laugh out LOUD like a proper (not proper) West Indian.

March is #WomensHistoryMonth. What #stories do we have to share about our women ancestors? What kind of history can we women #writers, artists, musicians, dancers, creatives, make that will help future women learn, grow?

Did our people-gone-to-dust pressure themselves to succeed? Was the pressure back then as heavy as it is today? I bet it was. Nothing’s different when it comes to hoping, wishing, wanting, aching for, needing. #WomensHistoryMonth neenamaiya.substack.com/p/how-far-ha...

Mopped the floor with lavender water. People in #Guyana say they use it to chase away jumbie or some such weird thing. No, I wasn’t chasing away bad spirits!! I like the fresh scent.

Good morning. After a few weeks of not writing, I’m doing a li’l word-sketch. #Joy

Develop a sense of humour because you’re going to need it to see you thru some crappy days.

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There’s no hope for me, man. In the middle of tidying up, I stop to read… . . .

Been thinking again how it affected us growing up in a country that was as poor as #Guyana was.

When I can’t find the #book that I’m reading because I’ve put it away safely so that I don’t misplace it, and I’m looking for it just to know I’ve put it away safely until I need it… . . . . . BIG PANIC!!! #booklove gone mad #booklovindays

Solid advice.

Even ordinary life can be filled with #poetry. #Guyana #Caribbean #smalltowns #villages #everywhere

Do you like to #travel? How adventurous are you? My #ebook on sale @ Smashwords will take you off the beaten path!! www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

#EBook lovers, here’s your chance to grab a pile of ebooks in the Smashwords #ReadAnEBookWeek Promotion. Lots of #discounts on most of the books!! www.smashwords.com/sale

Your #words… like seeds…

Develop the art of watching without watching. I once got caught staring….😅

Guess which jar will be full and which empty in #Guyana!

Almost done. *more burp*

*slurp* Blended oatmeal with almond milk, added cinnamon, nutmeg & honey. *burp*

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A cool #wordgame for book lovers, writers, for crime fiction lovers: choose words from here and make up sentences. #books #writers #crimefiction #scrabble crimeandpsychology.substack.com/p/dictionary...