OCD's support is expanding!

Hello everyone! This is the 2208th compilation post of OCD's latest curation efforts. It has been known that OCD has been supporting leading niche communities under its Community Incubation Program. However, there are still a lot of other niche communities not supported by OCD. This curation initiative will help in supporting those communities.

This newest curation effort aims to encourage authors to post in appropriate communities even if those communities are not under the incubation program. This will also encourage users to explore more into the different communities in Hive.

OCD curators and community leaders will find posts from other niche communities and recommend them for an upvote. Unlike those communities in the incubation program where curation is focused, this curation initiative is spread out. This will help find undervalued posts from smaller communities that deserve support.

This will highlight both the author and the community where the post is located. This way, smaller niche communities can focus on growing their subscribers and increasing the engagements within their respective communities. A small boost goes a long way.

Speaking of boost, here are the curated posts for this batch:

This 1945 edition of Joyce’s Ulysses (the year my father was born) came into my possession during one of my exhaustive searches at street stalls selling old books. It’s a book I cherish deeply.

As for Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, it came into my life during one of the most difficult times of my life, when I left my mother’s home at age 22, feeling the blows of existence firsthand. With those two volumes, I wept deeply in the lonely early mornings as I read about the miseries of Jean Valjean, Fantine, and Cosette.

This year I’m planning to do some spring cleaning at home; it’s just occurred to me that I could write a post about that. Well, that’s another matter. Today’s post focuses on a very common collection in homes: the book collection 📚.

Reading several posts, I noticed how @mariperez316 kept repeating a phrase her aunt Juana, who took care of her, used to say. Although she doesn't know its meaning, it's not just her aunt who repeats it; her husband says it too when someone does something wrong: "a crazy person is a gift." So I took advantage of artificial intelligence and wanted to know what it meant, and this is what it told me:

I'm going to perform it with just guitar and voice, trying to keep it as simple as possible. The guitar accompanies gently, without adding too much, and the voice is what truly carries the story. It's a song where if you overcomplicate it, it loses its beautiful character, so the idea is to let everything flow naturally.

I love photographing in the market because it is a mixture of everything: clothing, visuals, smells, flavors... You can even use your sense of touch! Everything joins together for an unforgettable experience. On the other hand, the designs on the streets are beautiful, like that toad that, when it rains, spurts water from its mouth—since the ancient times of the Incas! I also show you the entrance to the artisanal market and a man in complete inebriation (they cannot be missed in Cusco!).

n Havana, there are several places that feel almost mystical, but one in particular stands out above the rest; sometimes I compare it to an altar, sometimes to a border, and often to a large sofa where one can rest. Every time I return from taking photos, I usually sit in front of it to watch people go about their lives; there are many life stories deeply intertwined with that stretch of wall facing the sea

But before that happened, I upplanted a lot of them into larger cells to give the roots more room to establish. First up were the onions, which took quite some time.

I have wanted to come on for a good while and give some little updates on how life has been going for me, and also catch up with a bunch of the friends I've made here. Every time something happens, I can hear a voice in the back of my mind saying, "I should write a post about this," but then I continue on, without a single keystroke taking place.

Good morning, my dear friends on Hive. As always, I send you warm greetings and my sincere hope that each of you and your families are doing well. Today I’m joining in on the weekly challenge our lovely @angelica7 invites us to take part in. This time, the topic is: “The Movement”—an extraordinary theme when viewed from the right perspective. Here’s my post, and I hope you enjoy it 💗

Among all the things that happened to me last month, one was my birthday; exactly 30 days ago, I celebrated turning 42 with my family. In the past, women didn’t want to reveal their age so they wouldn’t seem old, but now our age is synonymous with experience and confidence—the very same qualities that keep us from hiding it. So we’re proud of our forties 🤭. Let me tell you how I spent my birthday, which I celebrated on March 1 this year since it didn’t fall on February 29.

This concludes this batch's curation report. We would like to congratulate those who are featured and supported. Keep up the good work and continue to explore Hive Communities.