This is my new essay and one of the topics in my book in progress). Special thanks to @conz.bsky.social for being such a great editor and @profsue123.bsky.social for the connection and continued support. #immigration #assimilation #esl www.businessinsider.com/im-bilingual...

My, homegirl, Mami, Dolores, always hooks my hair UP #makeithigher#dominicans #doloresbeautysalon 21 years now❣️🙃😘 #fadecut

I had a short piece published in @nytimes.com #tinylovestories Mine is “Unexpected News.” #younglove #nyc #babyname www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/s...

I’m late to the party here, but will catch up. This is the essay I wrote for @queerloveproject.bsky.social for #pridemonth2025 Insipred by @barbrastreisand.bsky.social song #thewaywewere open.substack.com/pub/queerlov...

We need to practice self-balance more than ever! #yingyang #writerscommunity #life #us

I did the @merriam-webster.com screenshot gif for my word for 2025 and this is what I got. I’ll take it #writingcommunity #beautiful

It’s been said that with every passing year…And I am so honored and blessed, and humbled that my chosen family, continues to want to share their narrative with me. You know you who all are here and IRL. Happy New Year’s familia 🤜🏽✍🏽💯❣️😘#happynewyear2025 #writingcommunity

Wishing everyone a Feliz Christmas & Hanukkah #holidays #writingcommunity #lights

I knew by the eyebrows and fresh cut. Grooming never lies! There’s more to this. #haircut #luigimangione #eyebrows

It really is #jamesbladwin #memoir #writingcommunity am I wrong?!

Ok. I need my own podcast. That moment when a director of a co, during an interview, says “I don’t like sleep. I live for this job.” Guuurl! Mami. This needs to be unpacked! Am I wrong?! #podcast #interview #writingcommunity #job

This should be a way of life at this point #socialdistance #protectyourenergy #goodvibesonly #happyholidays

The role of the #artist is crucial to life. Thx @jordanbpeterson.com.web.brid.gy for the reminder #wordstoliveby #neverforget #writingcimmunity #memoir

I would seriously go back to the #dominicanrepublic just for this ginormous, #monster of an #empanada #foodcoma #delicious #writingcommunity #boss

Great advice for every writer or anyone with a dream that gets rejections #elizabethgilbert #eatpraylove #writingcommunity #memoir #bhagavadgita #wordstoliveby #fruitsoflabor #writer

It’s good to be with family on #thanksgiving especially if you haven’t always been close. At my brother’s home #turkey #buffettable #family #food

Guilty! My #memoji got me perfectly. This is so me! Attach an #iphone with #airpods and it’s completely me! #AI is fascinating yet creepy and I’m also “animated!” 🤦🏽🤣 #apple

I discovered a new podcast #whatitsliketobe about my never ending curiosity with other ppl’s jobs. I’m excited yet jealous I didn’t think of it first 🤭 #podcast #jobs #people #writingcommunity behavioralscientist.org/finding-out-...

She’s correct! This reboot needs to happen, stat! #mudershewrote OR Murder They Wrote! I’m so down #jessicafletcher #writingcommuniry #angelalansbury #onlymurdersinthebuilding #ryanmurphy #truecrime #serialkiller

Things that continue to petrify me: adults that act like children and children that act like adults. I know there are terms for this. But we’re beyond that point #infantilization #parentification

This is so…🤜🏾 💥 “Just take them and leave me alone.” By #iranian artist #raoofhaghighi #womanlifefreedom #bodyimage #womenrights #womenhealth #herbody #reproductiverights #freedom #feminism #loveyourbody

Sometimes you need…a hug on a plate #whiterice #comfortfood #caribbean #itscoldoutside #realmencook

This is a great article about finding one’s own true writing voice thx @literaryhub.bsky.social #sylviaplath #thebelljar #writing #writingcommunity #mentalhealth #diary #journaling

This is what #writing a #memoir means to me #letitgo #pastpresentfuture

Yes. I love to make the beloved crescent moon shaped patties with the fork markings #empanada They were always a hit at my curated #dinnerparty #homemade #host #eatwith #chef #holidays #writer #writing #memoir #foodstories #caribbean #dominicanrepublic

This is not a colorized pic from 1937 Germany. What gave it away? It was yesterday in Columbus, Ohio #1937Germany #nazis #thirdreich #hitler #columbusohio #march #donaldtrump #happymonday

I will pray at her alter. Because she did cut a b***h! Bless the person that did this #lorenabobbitt #feminism #selfdefense #nomeansno #domesticabuse #mybodymychoice #reproductiverights #patronsaint

Goes to show that every generation has the same complaint. Image back then without #socialmedia #memoir #collectionofessays #writingcommunity #parents #children

Sometimes there’s an article that’s published at the perfect time. Not only because I❣️Anne Rice’s books, this movie, New Orleans and the beauty of the dark arts. Solidarity, sorry & thank you @wolfievibes.bsky.social 🙏🏽💯😘 #interviewwithavampire @salonnewsroom.bsky.social

That’s right! We are the original #og #computer #ai #tech #history #facts historyfacts.com/science-indu...

It’s funny because it’s true 🤣 This is what #zoom meetings are like #inabox within a #puzzle #muppets #writingcommunity

This is my first post. Thanks @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social for writing this. It’s a new, and much needed, online era #bluesky #linkedin #brevitymagazine