Just One Time
by Sherring D.
By no means would I consider myself an outdoorsy person. I’m a homebody—kinda, but definitely an introvert.
Categories: Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: adventure, bookworm, camping, introvert, to do list
Category Archives: Try New Things
Retail Therapy vs. Real Therapy
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
There Goes My Sock
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
Panties
by Sherring D.
For several months, I’d been on the hunt for plain cotton panties. By plain, I don’t mean boring and nondescript. I mean 100% cotton panties. Not a cotton blend. No nylon, lycra, polyester, spandex, elastane or whatever the fuck else is in underwear these days. Plain cotton, preferably with a print or pattern, like stripes, polka dots and animal print. Something cute or funky. I still wanted to feel sassy underneath my clothes, without it having to be a […]
Categories: Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Cotton, Lingerie, Panties, Period, Shopping, Underwear, Victoria's Secret
Christmas in March
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
Hopeless
by Sherring D.
My face was burning with embarrassment, not to mention glistening with sweat. Why couldn’t I manage to do what seemed to come naturally to everyone else, even the first-timers? Never mind the first-timers, I saw children as young as three or four years old, not only holding their balance, but whizzing past me. Where were their parents? I’d consider it a small victory if I could stand for at least twenty seconds. Hell, I’d take ten seconds. Anything more than […]
Categories: Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Family Trip, Park City, Ski, skiing
Stuck in a Rut
by Sherring D.
After MONTHS of not writing and barely even reading (missed my Goodreads goal again), I clawed myself out of the rut I somehow found myself stuck in. Well, no, not somehow. There’s always an ebb and flow to the motivation that sparks me to pursue my creative outlets of reading and writing. Blame it on the weather. Blame it on my dissatisfaction with my career. Blame it on a lackluster social and love life. Blame it on the lure of […]
Categories: Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: depression, reading, self care, writing
#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 16: Interracial Love
by Sherring D.
#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 16: Interracial Love Despite all the accolades and praise that surrounded Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? prior to its release, I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit I had never heard of Kathleen Collins. An artist of many facets, she was a playwright, filmmaker, and writer. She was one of the first black women to ever direct a major film. Collins died of cancer at the age of 46 in 1988. She left behind a trove of unfinished work. Among […]
Categories: Goodreads, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Black Love Books, book challenge, Read Soul Lit, Short Stories, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love
#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 15: Nonfiction Love Story
by Sherring D.
#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 15: Nonfiction Love Story History often relegates Coretta Scott King to the background story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Yes, she was his widow and mother of his four children, but she was also an activist and feminist in her own right. She founded the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, lobbied for Dr. King’s birthday to be declared a national holiday, and helped Nelson Mandela get elected president after being released from prison. From Amazon: Coretta’s […]
Categories: Goodreads, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Black Love Books, book challenge, Nonfiction, Read Soul Lit
