by Sherring D.
Was I aware that all my emotional baggage could be tucked into a matching Samsonite luggage set including the tote, backpack, duffle, garment, and laptop bags? Of course. I wish the set could be Louis Vuitton, but homegirl does not have that type of disposable income.
Categories: Fabulousness, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Anxiety, depression, emotional baggage, PTSD, Retail Therapy, Therapy
by Sherring D.
“Fuck your flight,” seemed to be the Lyft driver’s nonverbal message with his 45 mph driving even though we told him we were trying to catch a flight in a bit more than an hour. I knew I should’ve went straight to the airport from my place, but nooooo, I had this romantic notion of riding to the airport with my new boyfriend. So after a train and bus ride from Brooklyn to East Flatbush, here I was en route […]
Categories: Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Becoming, birthday, family, Niagara Falls, trip
by Sherring D.
Well, it’s March. No better time to take down and put away my Christmas tree. Relax. It’s not what you’re thinking. A dried out pine or fir tree was not sprinkling its dead needles all over my living room rug. Au contraire, my first ever Christmas tree of my adult life was a book Christmas tree. In 2017, I was tagged by at least two different people in the comment section of separate posts showcasing Christmas trees made of stacks […]
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodreads, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Book Christmas Tree, Books, Christmas, Christmas Tree, Pinterest Fail
by Sherring D.
February 18th was Toni Morrison’s birthday. My social media feed had an endless parade of birthday shout outs to the revered writer of dozens of novels and winner of the Nobel Prize and other awards. Some pages posted the same pictures, while others posted unique pictures, some that I’ve never seen before. A surprise to me, and my new second favorite of Ms. Morrison is a black and white photograph of her dancing in happy abandonment at what appears to […]
Categories: Fabulousness, Uncategorized • Tags: Black Girls Rock, Black Pride, Novels, Toni Morrison, Writer
by Sherring D.
Too bad I don’t have Amazon Prime Video. If I did, I’d watch Z: The Beginning of Everything when the series airs Friday, January 27, 2017. The trailer has been airing on TV, but I paid it no mind. I don’t subscribe to the streaming service, but Wednesday, through my membership with the New York chapter of the Women’s National Book Association, I scored a screening pass at the SVA Theatre in midtown to view two episodes. Security scurrying me […]
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodreads, Goodwatch, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Christina Ricci, free screening, Goodreads, Goodwatch, premiere, red carpet, review, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, Z: The Beginning of Everything, Zelda Fitizgerald
by Sherring D.
Pesto sauce. I made my own pesto sauce today. To some, this might not seem like a big deal, but for someone who’s had pesto sauce once, twice, maybe thrice in her life, this is very much a big deal. Also making it a big deal is that up until recently, I consumed my pasta in tomato based, or rich, creamy sauces. Sometime last year, I came across a Popsugar recipe to make an avocado sauce for pasta, so I […]
Categories: Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: cooking, eating, food, pasta, penne, pesto, pesto sauce
by Sherring D.
via Daily Prompt: Invitation Last July, I took a girls’ trip to New Orleans to attend Essence Music Festival. The trip was months in the making. Well, years actually. I’d been wanting to attend Essence Music Festival for over ten years. Year after year and month after month as an Essence magazine subscriber I’d be taunted by multi-page ads about artist line up, vendors, and workshops. As a subscriber to the e-newsletter I received weekly, if not daily emails telling […]
Categories: Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: concerts, Essence Magazine, Essence Music Festival, Invitation, New Orleans, trips
by Sherring D.
Having a crush sucks.
Categories: Back in the Day, Fabulousness, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: confessions, crush, dating, feelings, love, platonic love, relationships, single life
by Sherring D.
I was auditing files in my USB to clear up space when I saw one called “Year in Review.” The Date Modified was 11/19/2013. I can’t remember if it was a running tally or a year-end round-up of my activities and experiences of 2013. It’s probably not the former because it’s not in order. Some were solo outings and others were with company. The list looks incomplete to me, or maybe the years are blurring together. In either case, I’m […]
Categories: Back in the Day, Fabulousness, Uncategorized • Tags: Broadway, concerts, journal, movies, Toni Morrison, vacation, year in review
