Víctor Manuel Ramos
@vmramos.bsky.social
Journalist and writer; arranger of words. Interested in the human story. On the editing staff of The New York Times.
Periodista y escritor; arreglador de palabras. Me interesa el relato humano. Neoyorquino.
Periodista y escritor; arreglador de palabras. Me interesa el relato humano. Neoyorquino.
Looking up at the main branch of The New York Public Library.
September 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Looking up at the main branch of The New York Public Library.
Atop the train / Arriba del tren.
February 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Atop the train / Arriba del tren.
Breaking through the fog / Atravesando la neblina.
February 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Breaking through the fog / Atravesando la neblina.
Big wheels outside St. Thomas Church in Manhattan.
February 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Big wheels outside St. Thomas Church in Manhattan.
Today, got my regular @nytimes.com delivery with this nice throwback edition from Jan. 20, 1961, of @newsday.bsky.social, my former journalistic home: "KENNEDY IS SWORN IN." #newspapers
January 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Today, got my regular @nytimes.com delivery with this nice throwback edition from Jan. 20, 1961, of @newsday.bsky.social, my former journalistic home: "KENNEDY IS SWORN IN." #newspapers
Earlier today, Mr. Dog, parked in Huntington, New York, reflects about his choices in life.
January 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Earlier today, Mr. Dog, parked in Huntington, New York, reflects about his choices in life.
I am conflicted. The sign by this quaint little shop in Babylon, N.Y., says "Traveller's Rest," but the Olivetti typewriter says to my brain, "Sit down and write! Now!"
November 24, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I am conflicted. The sign by this quaint little shop in Babylon, N.Y., says "Traveller's Rest," but the Olivetti typewriter says to my brain, "Sit down and write! Now!"
Bluesky is open! Quote one artwork to promote yourself.
February 8, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Bluesky is open! Quote one artwork to promote yourself.
"There is no abstract art..." said Picasso. His Harlequin among paintings and studies from the artist's period at Fontainebleau. Saw it yesterday at an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
February 3, 2024 at 3:56 PM
"There is no abstract art..." said Picasso. His Harlequin among paintings and studies from the artist's period at Fontainebleau. Saw it yesterday at an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
Quote skeet with a photo of water that you took. 📷🗽
December 26, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Quote skeet with a photo of water that you took. 📷🗽
Christmas moon.
December 26, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Christmas moon.
Read the initial chapters of this compelling series online, and returned to it in today's paper | India’s struggle to raise millions into the middle class hinges partly on whether young women can delay marriage or buck tradition, working outside the home. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/w...
December 10, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Read the initial chapters of this compelling series online, and returned to it in today's paper | India’s struggle to raise millions into the middle class hinges partly on whether young women can delay marriage or buck tradition, working outside the home. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/w...
Readings: "The sweet days of his life time were running out in anguish over his exile ... But when day came he sat on the rocky shore and broke his own heart groaning, with eyes wet scanning the bare horizon of the sea." The Odyssey, by Homer.
December 8, 2023 at 2:32 PM
Readings: "The sweet days of his life time were running out in anguish over his exile ... But when day came he sat on the rocky shore and broke his own heart groaning, with eyes wet scanning the bare horizon of the sea." The Odyssey, by Homer.
Ah. Must document that moment when I took the wrong train and ended up realizing it at a somewhat picturesque station in Queens. What is that I hear? Bachata music? At least that's familiar.
September 8, 2023 at 12:19 AM
Ah. Must document that moment when I took the wrong train and ended up realizing it at a somewhat picturesque station in Queens. What is that I hear? Bachata music? At least that's familiar.
Some days it's difficult to decide who you want to be.
August 16, 2023 at 9:00 PM
Some days it's difficult to decide who you want to be.
¡Ya está aquí! La edición impresa para el décimo aniversario de Contrapuntos, que incluye uno de mis cuentos.
August 7, 2023 at 3:23 PM
¡Ya está aquí! La edición impresa para el décimo aniversario de Contrapuntos, que incluye uno de mis cuentos.
Próximamente... Este es el bosquejo de la portada y contraportada del próximo número de Contrapuntos, que traerá poesías, cuentos y ensayos por escritores del Este de Estados Unidos, y me place que se haya incluido uno de mis cuentos. El enlace vendrá luego, cuando se publique.
June 12, 2023 at 8:08 PM
Próximamente... Este es el bosquejo de la portada y contraportada del próximo número de Contrapuntos, que traerá poesías, cuentos y ensayos por escritores del Este de Estados Unidos, y me place que se haya incluido uno de mis cuentos. El enlace vendrá luego, cuando se publique.
Suburban moon: The strawberry moon emerges over the clouds and a house on Long Island, New York.
Luna suburbana: La luna de fresas emerge sobre las nubes y una casa en Long Island, Nueva York.
Luna suburbana: La luna de fresas emerge sobre las nubes y una casa en Long Island, Nueva York.
June 4, 2023 at 11:30 AM
Suburban moon: The strawberry moon emerges over the clouds and a house on Long Island, New York.
Luna suburbana: La luna de fresas emerge sobre las nubes y una casa en Long Island, Nueva York.
Luna suburbana: La luna de fresas emerge sobre las nubes y una casa en Long Island, Nueva York.
A moment of quiet, looking at the parking lot from a small sushi spot.
June 2, 2023 at 6:02 PM
A moment of quiet, looking at the parking lot from a small sushi spot.
The path forward on a marshy trail.
May 27, 2023 at 11:14 PM
The path forward on a marshy trail.
Hello. Might as well start with a blue sky image. Just finding my way around for now. ¿Y qué más decir? El término "cielo azul" no es el cielo azul.
May 26, 2023 at 10:43 PM
Hello. Might as well start with a blue sky image. Just finding my way around for now. ¿Y qué más decir? El término "cielo azul" no es el cielo azul.