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neena maiya

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#Writer from de Caribbean, Guyana (top of St. America). Lover of people, #BOOKS, music, art, sea, earth, sky & everything in between.

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@neenamaiya.bsky.socialJul 28, 2026, 9:43 PM Pinned

Watchin’ dis bleddy ant choochwai* - stray, wander, walk about - all over me page! *Say it like this: chooch-why Book 2: CHOOCHWAI

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@neenamaiya.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:47 PM

I buy flowers for me an’ Ma. A gal should treat she-self how she want other people treat she.
#Guyana #women #Diaspora #Caribbean #Creolese

A bouquet of bright flowers. I don’t know the names. These are foreign flowers, bought from the supermarket in Florida. The brightness of the flowers contrast with the darkness of the floor (where I placed the vase of flowers to get a good picture ). I hope you like them, dear Travellers passing through, reading this.
@neenamaiya.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:14 PM

Exquisite! When we take time to write interesting ALT text for those who need it, that’s special too.

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:25 AM

It’s a long story about losing home, Emma. Ah, and life goes on. I do hope the book takes you on an interesting tour around town.

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:23 PM

I think about it a lot, why the loss of a home hurts so much. I still dream about it, the home I’ve lost.

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:20 PM

He likes you, he likes you not.

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:14 PM

Aiyeee, beautiful rainbow. I know that feeling. You’re happy where you are but miss what you’ve left.

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 12:02 AM

😳 Kenya! My brother-in-law has family there. I don’t understand people. The man fell ill yet he flew to Kenya. Why haven’t countries closed their borders to people from the infected country? Also, why haven’t the infected country closed its borders to stop people from flying out?

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 11:54 PM

Emma, thank you for this! I do appreciate!!

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 3:26 PM

Speculative fiction is new to me. I have to look up a few books.

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 5:12 PM

A friend just texted me, Brian St. Juste is gone. He warm, funny, gentle, helpful. Witty.

#Jamaica #media people

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 9:44 PM

Is it scary? Or awesome?

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 9:13 PM

WOW!!

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 2:01 PM

Fly free, Mighty Sparrow.

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 12:03 AM

Hope you’re enjoying it, Emma.

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 12:01 AM

Haha. One day, I realised the potential for fun with the Alt text.

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 4:17 PM

Thank you so very much!! Just doing it, sending my book out into the wild has done wonders for me.

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 10:35 AM

I’m not your typical tourist. I want to meet people.

Scribbles on crumpled paper towel. Dear Traveller, what do you look for when you visit a different country…place? There’s a doodle of a plate with food, there’s fruit next to the plate, a glass with a drinking straw, there’s a knife and something that looks like a fork. Words describe the sad-looking fork: badly drawn fork. Below sketch is neenamaiya.substack.com. Choochwai with me. An arrow points to meaning of choochwai: stray, wander, explore, travel.
@neenamaiya.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 7:32 PM

“How are you?”

So I start talking about my #books, and writing…

…and watch the person slide away, drift off…

Family ain’t interested unless you’re in business, or in some wonderful, Accepted Profession.

#Guyana people in The Diaspora, yeah

@neenamaiya.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 2:34 PM

The Book Gobbler a.k.a. Mother, now all of 90 years old, has just finished reading this.

I have to dig out another book for her.

#Books keep people out of mischief.

Book: The Namesake a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
@neenamaiya.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 8:36 PM

I LOVE to choochwai. Heh.

Doodle of a car full of people waving merrily away. At the back , the car’s boot is loaded with luggage . The car has an unusual number of wheels. Haha. Below the car is the word choochwai, and its meaning: stray, gallivant, walk about…
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