This morning I was struck by surprise. Apparently I did not qualify for the contest I have decided to participate in! And I was so sure I followed all the requirements: The film review I posted was over

Hello, Hive black-and-white photography enthusiasts! The 17th edition of the EXUBERARTE 2026 Artisanal Fashion Festival recently concluded in the province where I live. This festival has been a major summer

Have you heard abot BlockTunes? I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't, since it is a pretty new app on the block (pun well intended), and thus it doesn't have too much music to offer... yet. However, it

I found this very pretty mural on one of the walls in Tepoztlán last weekend. Actually our objective was not sightseeing, but that town is just covered with beautiful wall paintings. And walking past this

Hello, Hive black-and-white photography lovers! As I write this, I am still reeling from the aftermath of the latest football match in the current World Cup. Argentina faced off against Spain. Who did

Over the last two days my wife and I went to Tepoztlán, a small town about an hour south of Mexico City. Since we were there "on business" I did not go crazy about preparing a touristic post,

Hey Hive fam 👋 I've been slow-cooking this one for a long time — quietly, in between everything life throws at a solo builder. Tonight the...

When vegetables are exposed to the right conditions, something extraordinary happens: The sugars and proteins break down and combine into new compounds, which in turn can break down and combine further,

Some cars you can't just walk past without stopping to take a good look at. They may be old timers, they may have a particular color or interesting accessories. And there there is this old GMC, which qualifies

In my quest to up my veggie-cooking game I came to try the method called blanche and shock. It basically means, boiling the veggies in heavily salted water for a short time, then dumping them into ice-water.

Welcome to the Quarter-Finals! That's it, folks. It's the round of 8, and all of the teams whose flag I could be waving have been eliminated. That means, this world cup has become much less interesting

It's been a while, but I am back to the weekly Street Art Contest which is up to number 308. Wow! I remember when it just started out, some ... loooong time ago. Having returned from my trip on the Baja

¡Hola amantes de la fotografía en blanco y negro de Hive! Les he hablado anteriormente sobre los contrastes de Santa Clara, mi ciudad, y hoy retorno a ello con una curiosidad que parece ir recobrando vida

What is reality? Do we actually exist? How do we know we're not dreaming? What does it all mean, if anything? Around the time I was twenty, I found these questions of exceptional importance. In fact, they

Do you watch the world cup? Who doesn't? Do you celebrate when your country wins? Why wouldn't you? Do these celebrations get a bit wild sometimes? I'm sure they might . . . Still, I believe your celebrations

Hello, black-and-white photography lovers of Hive! Santa Clara, like my entire country, is a contrast of something indescribable—as if the ethereal were struggling to survive. Light, colors—or their

These are the posts I have used to enter the #BeerSaturday challenge, created every week by @detlev. They range from craft to commercial, light to dark, and from the flavorful to the mundane. Cheers to

It's another Saturday, back home in normality, so let me post another beer review. This time it is a brew I came across quite a bit on my bicycle tour of the Baja California, especially on the southern

Hello, Hive black-and-white photography lovers! Today is a strange day, heavy with a stark atmosphere born of the heat and the lack of electricity—feelings reflected on the faces of the few passersby visible

Writing reviews is a pretty big part of blogging. In fact, you could say it is the other major aspect of it. Posting about all the amazing things we've been doing and making ourselves is one side, but