HiveDiscoMod Curation Highlights July 07, 2025

The first time meeting with my mother in law was one of the most memorable moments of my life, even though the 12 hour road trip was a nightmare as I suffered from morning sickness throughout the journey, her warm welcome and affection melted it all. Mama, as we fondly call her, is an agile, beautiful woman in her early 60s, but one would think she was younger with the kind of strength she puts into everything she does. I was born in the city, so it was not uncommon for me to see some chores she did as very strenuous, for example, we had the gas cooker which made cooking easy for us, but in the village, they used firewood woods, which involved putting fire to some pieces of woods and often you have to bend and blow breeze into it or better still use a fan for it to ignite well so it can properly heat your food, and by the time you are done cooking, it wasn't only the food that would be cooked, because your hair and body would also have the smell of smoke. For this reason, I never really fancied cooking in the village though I often helped her out, being the helpful daughter in law I was, and also because even though the method of preparing meals this way was stressful it often ended up with a very unique, smoky and tasty local flavor that I loved so much ...

Growing up, my siblings and I didn't really have a fancy childhood. There were some things we rarely got, and snacks were one of those things. We loved snacks so much. Snacks were so special to us that whenever any of our moms or our dad came back with a nylon that crinkled in their hands, we got excited because new joy was coming ...

I was already a few miles from the airport before the weight of what I was doing landed on me. The quiet hum of the cab engine competed with the thoughts in my head. I leaned my head to the window with my eyes focused on the bald head of my cab driver, yet lost in my surroundings. The cab driver reached for the radio ...

There is a fantastic place where the mountains are blue and a silver river shines with the rays of the sun, while the dragonflies with transparent wings touch its surface as if they were kissing it, and then flutter around intoxicated with love. Multicolored butterflies fly there, sucking the sweet nectar of the daisies that adorn its shore. This place exists not only in my memories but remains treasured in my heart, because that is where I met Isis. The first time I saw her, I had left the house I had just moved into with my parents and my sister Teresa, very angry ...

It hits Ada when Eze tells her he now has a fiancée and she should not call him again. “As how “, Ada soliloquizes to herself, uttering out “why now “without even knowing. She thought maybe it was something like "April fool", but “this is June,” she said to herself, and couldn't bear to face the impromptu realization. From her perspective, she needs to push it off her chest so she locked herself in and indulged in the intake of champagne she ordered to pop up at tonight's supposed visit if Eze comes along ...

I'm sorry I have been so absent here on Hive this past week. It hasn't only been on Hive, it's been pretty much everywhere that I've been missing in action as I've been trying to beat COVID round two. Probably more aptly named COVID Back with a Vengeance, or maybe COVID Second Blood. I've been struggling to get the energy to get this post put together, but I'm giving it my best shot ...

Olá Splinters, bem vindos de volta! Por mais que a maioria de nós goste de jogar de modo ofensivo, estratégias, combos e monstros fortes em ataque, não abrimos mão de uma certa segurança defensiva. É bom ter um time extremamente ofensivo, mas abrir mão de defesa é deixar as portas abertas para a nossa destruição. Certo que alguns dizem que a melhor defesa é o ataque, mas nem sempre isso funciona, um time muito ofensivo com as defesas abertas é um convite para a derrota ...

Banner created in canva The healthcare sector in Brazil has always been viewed favorably. Since childhood, when we ask a child what they want to be when they grow up, the most common answer is still: “I want to be a doctor”. This desire to work in healthcare, more specifically in medicine, is widely shared, which has contributed to a significant increase in the supply of doctors today. For a long time, the medical profession has been associated with high salaries and prestige ...

Hi Hive friends, I hope you don’t mind me writing something personal today. I’m not really used to asking for help, but right now, I’m in a situation where I honestly don’t know what else to do. My heart is heavy, and my mind is tired. I’m just hoping maybe someone out there could hear us out ...

A beautiful start to this new week friends and veganlovers 🥰💕. ================================================================ Am happy to be back here with you today again as my Sunday is a lovely one with this delicious mango 🥭 cucumber 🥒 salad 🥗 recipe m, and did not want to enjoy it alone but with my vegan 🌱 family. Mango is a very delicious fruit and almost everyone loves it, enjoying it in various was. But this time the mango season is about to go in my region which is why I decided to prepare this vibrant and crunchy exquisite salad 🥗 of mango and cucumber 🥒, making it a bit spice mixed with garlic 🧄, chili and cherry tomatoes for dressing ...

Hello, dear friends. One of the positive aspects of participating in this contest is that it forces us to think and remember. I think that's a great thing, considering that at my age, one starts to forget a lot. Hola queridos amigos ...

Imagen propia generada con Acabo de mandar unos mensajes importantes por WhatsApp, y me siento impotente al ver que no han sido vistos después de varias horas, cuando necesito respuesta urgente de estos para tomar decisiones que implican tiempo, dinero, y afectaciones a terceros. Podría llamar pero se que no me constarán. Por razones que escapan a mi comprensión ahora llamarle a alguien es prácticamente una invasión a su privacidad, y todo mundo prefiere que le envíes un mensaje, pero luego no los leen, o los dejan para después, uno que puede ser incluso de horas, como en esta ocasión. Irónicamente ahora que tenemos tantas opciones para comunicarnos (y de hecho estamos hiper conectados con nuestros contactos y con el mundo en general), la comunicación en vez de hacerse más eficiente, ha disminuido, y nuestra capacidad de comunicarnos uno a uno, incluso parece haberse deteriorado, atrofiado ...

"This is one weird way in", I muttered to @anidiotexplores. Talk about going the back way; 'the back way' had a hole large enough for a car to drive in, if you don't mind completely destroying the underside and slashing all the tyres. I have not seen bombed or war torn locations, but the rear of “The Red Lion" could come close. It was tough navigation, but we worked around the huge stone slabs, bricks, half destroyed wooden beams and entered the lower area of the old pub, which appeared to have been built on a steep hill ...

As seen at the wharf where the boat of my brother in law is stored for winter. Amsterdam, the Netherlands ...

The photos 📸 are my entry to the monomad contest from @monochromes and @brumest. Greetings, hivers. The sight of fishermen on Havana's Malecon is all too common. But today I went into the bay, where it is also possible to find them ...

Somewhat similar to Emerald Lake in Banff National Park, this lake also has a gorgeous Emerald colour to the water. It was really a wow kind of experience. Gorgeous weather, gorgeous water, gorgeous day of hiking it was. This particular lake is located in the east Kootenay area of British Columbia ...

Today, I want to share a new set of photographs I took a few days ago at my city's metropolitan park, specifically focusing on photographing dogs. This is an activity I genuinely enjoy, it's very relaxing for me because I walk through the park unhurried and without distractions, connecting with myself while doing what I love, taking photos! The first photos I'm going to show you are of an adorable Beagle that caught my attention because it had a cute red scarf. I asked its owner for permission to photograph it, and he agreed ...

Tomorrow sees the start of the Tour de France which will see 23 teams consisting of 8 riders each trying to reach Paris on the 27th July. This is the premier cycling event on the calendar each year generating an estimated €24 billion from television and other media sources. The event is screened in 190 countries around the world and is a sponsors dream having roughly 110 hours of live coverage. The riders will have to cover 3,337 kilometers / 2,074 miles and not all will make it ...

The circus has started again Today, the first stage of the Tour de France 2025 was cycled. A 190 kilometer long stage from Lille to Lille, but with a risk of capsule because of sidewind. And the race didn’t disappoint, 20 kilometers before the finish Visma Lease a bike started pulling the peleton apart with a massive effort. It work and 38 riders got in front ...