by Sherring D.
It’s no wonder Harris’s soul looks back. Through a romance with Sam, a colleague more than ten years her senior, she ran in the same circles as Sam’s best friend James (Jimmy) Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and Toni Morrison.
Categories: Goodreads, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Book Reaction, book review, Books, Goodreads, memoir
by Sherring D.
Once this pandemic hit, all that fiscally responsible shit went out the window. I’m sequestering alone. I’m anxious. I’m sad. I’m scared. I’m lonely. Cooking and eating comfort me.
Categories: Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: cooking, Coronavirus, food, Kitchen Appliances, loneliness, Therapy
by Sherring D.
I tiptoed into the podcast-listening world. I went from Soundcloud to Google Music to a now-defunct app that let you earn points per minute listened and now I’ve landed at Spotify. It’s not one of the platforms that let’s your rate or leave reviews, like iTunes or Stitcher, but I like it.
Categories: Fabulousness, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Audiobook, Books, entertainment, International Podcast Day, National Podcast Day, Podcast, Podcasts
by Sherring D.
Online dating. The assumption that anyone who goes through the trouble of signing up, creating a profile, uploading pictures, and in some cases, paying a fee, said person is interested in making connections. With another person. As in, a fellow human being. And since none of us are telepathic, we need to communicate.
Categories: Back in the Day, Fabulousness, Listicle, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: App Dating, dating, love, online dating, relationships, Singlehood
by Sherring D.
Every week or every other week, my landlord would text me that I received another package. I let it sit out in the hallway for a week or so to de-Corona before I brought it in unbox. Reactions varied from pleasantly surprised to WTF? Most of the time, I know exactly where and why I want to log on and shop, however, I’ve fallen victim to pesky social media sponsored ads. In one case, it was a podcast sponsored ad. A list of sponsored ads to which I’ve succumbed during this pandemic:
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodreads, Listicle, Random Thoughts, Try New Things • Tags: Baking, clothes, Lists, Masks, Online Shopping, Pandemic, Pandemic Baking, Pandemic Shopping, Retail Therapy, Shopping, Skincare
by Sherring D.
There should be a warning before reading profiles. Warning: scrolling through these profiles may induce eye-rolling and headshaking. There should also be a warning to manage expectations when going through photo galleries.
Categories: Back in the Day, Random Thoughts, Try New Things • Tags: App Dating, dating, love, love story, online dating, relationships, single life
by Sherring D.
I’m ready to get back into the dating game. I purposely called it a game because that’s exactly what it feels like. I’ve been on and off dating apps since my twenties. These men claim they want relationships, but their behavior says otherwise. I don’t want to go back to an app, but there’s no other way for me to put myself out there. Even when we were allowed to roam about freely, I had to resort to apps. I was not meeting The One at the grocery store, subway, bookstore, movies, concerts, book signings, plays, comedy shows, Brooklyn Bridge, doctor/dentist office, work, Greyhound, Amtrak, Lyft share, JFK airport or other places.
Categories: Back in the Day, Random Thoughts, Try New Things • Tags: App Dating, dating, love, love story, online dating, Pandemic, relationships, single life
by Sherring D.
My soft spot is when asked for food vs money. I need to earn brownie points for heaven (if it exists), so I agreed to buy overpriced shish kebabs at the cart where he was already standing. I encouraged him to order water and ordered one for myself.
Categories: Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Good Deed, New York City, Pandemic, Spare Change, Times Square
by Sherring D.
I just wanted some comfort food. I had just emerged from a more-than-usual emotionally draining therapy session. I was spent, exhausted and hungry as if I had just completed a Shaun T T25 workout. I longed for a hot shower, comfy sweats and socks and my favorite fuzzy blanket to wrap around myself as I got lost in TV, or even better, a nap. The latter was not likely to happen. It’s rare that I nap on purpose. As much […]
Categories: Back in the Day, Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Comfort Food, grilled cheese, love, memories, mother, triangle halves
