<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:30:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Mother's visit to Havana. Over a year since we'd seen each other!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My mother came in May and stayed until June. My goal this time was to try not to argue about anything. Obviously, we didn't succeed 😅🤪 But what we did manage to do was go out to a few places, eat well,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/mothers-visit-to-havana-over-a-year-since-wed-seen-each-other</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/mothers-visit-to-havana-over-a-year-since-wed-seen-each-other</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:11:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8q6r7eyQFvUiqNpQu6o2Yd65xNfNwNN2nBpFUz5hbSET1AhuCdjsGZaNF4jm9VyDxohx8C9PwnwCczrg8eNyFk9pj1ELpS8Le9npJdMx6nr74SEJ8BNtvWxC7p1M?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crónica de un burnout impresionante (a ritmo de Hozier)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Todos estos días (meses, quizá) he estado lejos de todas las redes, incluyendo todo el ecosistema de Hive. Las razones son muchas, y los deseos de seguir hablando de lo mismo (el monotema de los cubanos]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/cronica-de-un-burnout-impresionante</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/cronica-de-un-burnout-impresionante</guid><category><![CDATA[burnout]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:14:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yoV2jPEs63ESHNPjabC1hfpPJnqRQwbgBNm5kLm9dVxfYHgV25AAHiyK1iU5QEge83kmm8KkMZawQyDuxkAcNfYChKE86T54V4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee at Matteo & Luca]]></title><description><![CDATA[A very quiet café in Playa. Exactly on 26th between 1st and 3rd, very close to the sea. Compares to other prices in the area, highly recommended 😅. The quality is also very good. I got my lunch there]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/coffee-at-matteo-luca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/coffee-at-matteo-luca</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 14:17:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8q6r7eyQFvUiqNpQu6o2Yd65xNfNwNN2nBpFUz5hbSET1AhuCdjsGa79rQL2AtSfm8knh5ofNxNEAmGfeVgvG4dJ1BB1R4mX3moScnHe4NMK8aJicez8bGAEGqYb?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beautiful pets I've met recently 🐱🐕]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've met some beautiful pets. First: my own cats. KP3 and the sexiness 😏. Odisseus and... Sir, that's my clean laundry 😭 A cute puppy in the taxi way home. Nice to meet you, smiling kitty A shameless]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/beautiful-pets-ive-met-recently</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/beautiful-pets-ive-met-recently</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:40:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8q6r7eyQFvUiqNpQu6o2Yd65xNfNwNN2nBpFUz5hbSET1AhuCdjsGXgqZ5otas567uNxAGaGvoquZSiqdpZsyUJXfC7cNjxmmEQF9m2bP3QibKhXr4rZzk6HsHTV?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Nagini 😍]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi everybody! This gorgeous baby is Nagini. She's not dangerous and veeeery patient with her fans. My mum almost got a 💜 attack when she saw these pics but I'm sure you'll love her 🥺]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/meet-nagini</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/meet-nagini</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:24:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6gxjWW7fW4W3t5gukt6SEqEi69C23n8x6n1ZCxm7a7BmF4xAHfEofUaj4wtzaSmdxkpnwoeetJmFVDopLv8Ea1KD794bzmZbXurc6wBphJSW3KiumMGneb?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visiting the remains of San Lázaro quarries, where a hero was born/ Visita a los restos de las canteras de San Lázaro, donde nació un héroe]]></title><description><![CDATA[ENG: I visited the Fragua Martiana, a site built on the only remaining ruins of the San Lázaro quarries, where José Martí endured political imprisonment with forced labor when he was barely a young man.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/visiting-the-remains-of-san-lazaro-quarries-where-a-hero-was-born-visita-a-los-restos-de-las-canteras-de-san-lazaro-donde-nacio</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/visiting-the-remains-of-san-lazaro-quarries-where-a-hero-was-born-visita-a-los-restos-de-las-canteras-de-san-lazaro-donde-nacio</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:41:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8q6r7eyQFvUiqNpQu6o2Yd65xNfNwNN2nBpFUz5hbSET1AhuCdjsGY9pUYZNMRdJfXSd73K9XLchGzn7LXZKLVY31B6V574ztQptApj6Urh1TLuVokLQSbStKhrP?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[So... I've won two literary awards 😅 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In February, I found out I had won the 2025 Calendario Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, one of the most important awards for under-35s in Cuba. I don't have any photos of that because the ceremony]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/so-ive-won-two-literary-awards</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/so-ive-won-two-literary-awards</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:37:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8q6r7eyQFvUiqNpQu6o2Yd65xNfNwNN2nBpFUz5hbSET1AhuCdjsGYRhw7QzVrK4ZEprYbHxatXKyH4G3iFPZ96PWrhFaGtTYeL2X4EKVNQYTBAWmSWRJPeSEZhh?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visiting the blue that heals and saves/ Visitando el azul que cura y salva]]></title><description><![CDATA[ENG: The Malecón is my favorite place in all of Havana. The salt that sticks to my glasses and lips, the beach sun, the rebellious waves that leap over the wall and cool your mind 😅 I think everyone born]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/visiting-the-blue-that-heals-and-saves-visitando-el-azul-que-cura-y-salva</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/visiting-the-blue-that-heals-and-saves-visitando-el-azul-que-cura-y-salva</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:06:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8q6r7eyQFvUiqNpQu6o2Yd65xNfNwNN2nBpFUz5hbSET1AhuCdjsGhyeg8VncETCsSFPLhKKUNVVBVCf11CCUkfhwWjXWKRGWGg29qeccrgepGvR7T7pCjm9sp15?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate the blue that precedes storms/ Odio el azul que precede la tormenta (ENG/ESP)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hate the blue that precedes storms. A category 5 hurricane is heading straight for my home. Yes, I know I no longer live in Santiago de Cuba. I'm 900Km away, relatively safe, unless that thing decides]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/i-hate-the-blue-that</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/i-hate-the-blue-that</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-124452]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:35:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmeKB8b4BtjMZzjfG2Zg7V2DD89Ty1JGpDmnEdU4ZryxMT/1000505141.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A survey (please, I need your help here]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi there, 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 but I’m terribly indecisive about these things,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/a-survey-please-i-need</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/a-survey-please-i-need</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:57:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmeCyPKxtoatV28HfSUzQHFZn2qVDzfEFq74VD4QAwpZQR/1000502520.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visiting the "Plaza de San Francisco" in Old Havana]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today 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 many pigeons).]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/visiting-the-plaza-de-san-francisco-in-old-havana</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/visiting-the-plaza-de-san-francisco-in-old-havana</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:40:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUWdMCQaLeYN1FoMhBWfahUmoENsHspNJgHLrXE7wj4Fh9PN6yNpZGturJPpnRg9xmiZuZkm7KHBwkEuZjSEXALPqe3wGLBSvzqreYGQN5HwhAdaztdrZTgqHbPXJPUiKWtgvuZ9?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee 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)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The history of the bar was found through the staff and also here. After finishing an errand in Old Havana, we got a craving for coffee. Since we were newly made friends (an interesting group of people]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/coffee-at-bigote-gato-a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/coffee-at-bigote-gato-a</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152524]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:40:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmS33rLFsNxTdfaiXNvdXUvoujhhem87zb3XXEfdN9jJqU/1000499050.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[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)]]></title><description><![CDATA[From my Havana apartment, two landmarks are clearly visible: a hill (oh, miracle!) and a church. The hill is Loma del Chaple, and the church is Jesús del Monte. I went there to explore the area… and what]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/jesus-del-monte-a-piece</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/jesus-del-monte-a-piece</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:30:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmUp8sQNmzvERL4XCtKvBowQqnHvodMMFdtSF1NS7K5CoD/1000494649.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Global Cat Distribution System does its thing 🐾]]></title><description><![CDATA[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. 🐈🐈‍⬛ The living, tangible, meow-able proof that the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/when-the-global-cat-distribution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/when-the-global-cat-distribution</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196708]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmU4S4EJqPtAHMYUr7AGzdNTUgtN8kwRYE66CgJw1zYTHH/1000493733.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Voices from Chernobyl": A Book About The Everyday Life of Horror/ "Voces de Chernóbil": un libro sobre la cotidianidad del horror (Eng/Esp)]]></title><description><![CDATA[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),]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/voices-from-chernobyl-a-book</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/voices-from-chernobyl-a-book</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmdoQAcAaCuTYq5QhvuZLpPShydxSKtZmxCT7ihFeNHFpA/1000492197.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hogwarts: A Magical Café in the Heart of Las Tunas ✨☕/ Hogwarts: un café mágico en el corazón de Las Tunas ✨☕ (ENG/ESP)]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 Harry Potter-themed space]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/hogwarts-a-magical-cafe-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/hogwarts-a-magical-cafe-in</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152524]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:36:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmZapYxCocF2jKrMFfY3oktb31moq9YCbKz2H5ZRThhLVL/img_20250925_124701.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Havana's Chinatown: Pain, Culture, and Resistance/ El Barrio Chino de La Habana: dolor, cultura y resistencia (ENG/ ESP)]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 Capitol, right in the heart]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/havana-s-chinatown-pain-culture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/havana-s-chinatown-pain-culture</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:07:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmU9berKTQDxptRC4u94H7hZP2i8crf3Y33BVBjnbEvHmh/img_20250629_100224_2.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work, traditional Cuban lunch, writers, coffee/ Trabajo, almuerzo tradicional cubano, escritores, café (ENG/ESP)]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 a]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/work-traditional-cuban-lunch-writers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/work-traditional-cuban-lunch-writers</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-155530]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 18:09:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmbA6PnvuuhTr3PBkghZom8RWfoqycK3smsrFhofCPH5W8/1000436962.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Cafecito and Gossip” in Vedado, Havana, Cuba/ “Cafecito y chisme” en el Vedado, Habana, Cuba (ENG/ESP) ]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 suggests, the gossip. It's]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/cafecito-and-gossip-in-vedado</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/cafecito-and-gossip-in-vedado</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152524]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:00:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmPNStRjBZZmiBELWqB5VquvhZ6jcsYR8KnDpEXZQSQNYW/1760102801535.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[41 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)]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 Havana. Not long ago, I had]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/41-paula-street-the-birthplace</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@gaviotawriter/41-paula-street-the-birthplace</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:14:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmfLeoML37h749n2uipBbUt2FJBYmxkYQkJvPZUCraXrT6/1760014636896.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item></channel></rss>