Things Ms. Dee Likes, Edition 6, February 10, 2023

The Roundup

In this edition PeakD has provided us the highlight of the week -- you can now LISTEN to this post and many others on the platform! Check the first news article to learn about this exciting update! Also, don't forget to check out "New Hivers" and give them some love!

Most posts in this edition are in the payout period still, so if you like what I like, show the content creators some love! If you are using PeakD as your front end, you can also TIP anyone in the "Oldies But Goodies" section, too.

News and Views You Can Use

[//]: #1 https://peakd.com/hive-163399/@peakd/listen-to-posts-with-the-new-text-to-speech-feature
EVERY POST in English that is 200 words or more in PeakD now has a text-to-speech option -- this is HUGE for people who want to take in MORE Hive content but can't spend as much time reading the screen! Kudos to the @peakd team for this exciting update that ALSO helps with accessibility!

[//]: #2 https://peakd.com/hive-189872/@brofund/sunday-newspaper-cine-relaunch-and-more
The CineTv relaunch is big and important -- @brofund has some of the most dynamic Hive team members you may not know about yet. If you love TV and movies, you want to read this. If you are interested in Layer 2 tokens that have EXCELLENT value, you want to read this! And if you need a tutorial on Cine TV should you be inspired to jump in...

[//]: #2.5 https://peakd.com/hive-181335/@raymondspeaks/txdsbihu
... HERE IT IS!

New Hivers -- Welcome Aboard!

[//]: #1 https://peakd.com/hive-188409/@huntersmoon/humble-beginning-of-a-great-journey
One of the most beautiful introductory posts I have ever seen -- this local everyday hero and excellent nature photographer has brought his very best! Everyone go show @huntersmoon some good Hive love!

[//]: #2 https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@aunty-tosin/the-start-of-a-new-chapter-on-hive
A good soul, writer, lover of reading, and a BORN TEACHER -- no, seriously, go check it out and see why -- everyone go show @aunty-tosin some good Hive love!

Art

[//]: #1 https://peakd.com/hive-193212/@armandosodano/gothic-remains-watercolors-on-paper
So bleak, and yet so beautiful ... only in watercolors do you get the sense of the wet weathering as time and tides flow by ... @armandosodano has portrayed an ancient ruined place by a riverside in touching detail...

[//]: #2 https://peakd.com/hive-174301/@labanez/my-life-in-palette-finding-solitude-in-art
Marvel at the beauty of @labanez's painting ... can you count how many colors are in that sky? ... but don't miss the amazing depth of the purpose...

[//]: #3 https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@gric/original-painting-eidolon-aidolon-ii
Over into Alien Art Hive for a walk on the wild side ... @gric gives us a vision that reminds me of the Statue of Liberty in how majestic the figure is ... but in a very different world...

Photography

[//]: #1 https://peakd.com/hive-141359/@idayrus/the-beauty-of-very-tiny-4f5e41dbbe7a3
One flower. One very tiny flower on its day to shine under the lens of @idayrus -- a gorgeous little flower, ready for all its beautiful closeups!

[//]: #2 https://peakd.com/hive-194913/@daveks/paradise-falls
Close to payout, but we simply could not miss @daveks taking us in both colors and black and white to paradise (falls) -- and, in PeakD, remember that you can always TIP!

[//]: #3 https://peakd.com/hive-194913/@scottshots/donner-lake-photos-that-almost-didnt-make-the-cut
WINTER ... but winter beautiful this time with @scottshots ... enjoy these two little gems we ALMOST didn't get to see...

Music

[//]: #1 https://peakd.com/hive-105786/@nahupuku/vegvcsea
When you take someone who is not into rock music that heavy, and make them stop and head-bop, that is something -- and that is what @nahupuku gets done with this song! I was deeply impressed!

[//]: #2 https://peakd.com/video/@cast.garden/ipad-music-exploring-sequencers-sqsl-temp-and-nambu-u59gg19pwxa
From playing with synth systems to a complex piece that echoes Haydn and Mozart ... take this musical journey with @nicklewis, brought to us by the new Hive front end @cast.garden!

[//]: #3 https://peakd.com/hive-105786/@davidosunamusic/ddkggtge
The most beautiful arrangement of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" I have ever heard, EVER -- @davidosunamusic, muchas felicidades!

Fiction

[//]: #1 https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@ubani/reputation-prompt-story
A fifty-word story that packs a big punch from @ubani -- when you KNOW BETTER, but you don't do better...

[//]: #2 https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@justclickindiva/see-no-evil-hear-no-evil-and-speak-no-evil-short-story-conclusion-to-or-a-pop-up-wewrite-by-owasco
Freewriters Community's #wewrite is BACK -- and THIS by @owasco and @justclickindiva is the CREAM of the crop of why we in Freewriters write TOGETHER!

[//]: #3 https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@evagavilan2/its-the-best-start-to-the-week-zapfic50monday-write-me-a-story-in-precisely-50-words
Another masterpiece in fifty words, this one by @evagavilan2 ... when a library becomes a realm of magical realism, the lines between fact and fiction become blurred... I would love to see MORE of this story, @evagavilan2!

Travel

[//]: #1 https://peakd.com/hive-142159/@barnabo73/lago-santo-holy-lake
A winter journey to a place in the world that is truly set apart (base meaning, actually, of "holy") ... come with @barnabo73 on a journey to a place that winter has reached and made lovely in its own bleak, inviolate way...

[//]: #2 https://peakd.com/hive-155530/@dreemsteem/the-final-walk-melancholy-but-beautiful
The end of @dreemsteem's family vacation in Kirkcaldy, Scotland is full of memories woven in willow, centered in scent, and even writ in water ... come on this walk and see ...

Commerce

[//]: #1 https://peakd.com/hive-183630/@truemystique/working-on-being-a-full-time-content-creator-entrepreneur-creative-technology
The dream of creatives everywhere is to live from our gifts, not to have to compromise with the many creativity-stifling aspects of the corporate world ... @truemystique brings us in on the journey to the dream that she is beginning now!

[//]: #2 https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@josediccus/creating-expunging-and-improvising-opportunities-a-tough-way-to-survive
A tough look into life as a creative as it is on the international stage ... @josediccus tells us like it is, for him and many others working in South Africa right now...

Finance

[//]: #1 https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@gbenga/how-to-prevent-cryptorrency-investment-pitholes
More simple but profound financial wisdom from @gbenga ... how not to get rekt while the price of Hive is doing something we haven't seen for years!

[//]: #2 https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@khaleelkazi/yhgxpaoz
For those of you into Bitcoin investing ... @khaleelkazi poses the question: now that Bitcoin has hit 22K, now what? How do we prepare for what might be next? The answer is, it depends on what your goal is...

[//]: #3 https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@mhizsmiler.leo/hive-helped-me-pay-a-huge-fee-hive-keeps-touching-lives
Hive saving lives out here again and convincing families of its value -- don't take it from me, hear it from @mhizsmiler.leo!

Oldies but Goodies (still worth a read, still TIPPABLE on PeakD)

[//]: #1 https://peakd.com/hive-183630/@hivehustlers/our-top-10-tips-for-starting-a-creative-business
An oldie but TRULY goodie -- as a young person, I stumbled through a lot of these steps, but see, if I were a little younger, and newer, and had read this FIRST ... save yourself YEARS and YEARS of time with @hivehustlers' guide...

[//]: #2 https://peakd.com/hive-194913/@greddyforce/catching-sunrise-above-the-clouds
Just out of payout, but not to be missed -- @greddyforce takes us above the clouds in Madeira for an unforgettable sunrise!