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#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 4: Fantasy

08/04/2018 by Sherring D.

#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 4: Fantasy: a fantasy-based novel with a love connection. Now I will admit that fantasy is not my thing at all. I can watch fantasy/sci-fi movies and TV shows for hours on end, (I’m looking at you Game of Thrones and Lost; not you Lord of the Rings), but reading the genre feels like a chore, or even punishment. I picked up a copy of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle almost as soon as […]

Categories: Goodreads, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: A Wrinkle In Time, Black Love Books, book challenge, Instagram, love, read

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Bombogenesis: My First Week of 2018

01/07/2018 by Sherring D.

I’ve spent the past few New Year’s Eves trying to look cute while bundling up to ring in the new year. Last year, a pink faux fur jacket was part of my ensemble. I wore it underneath a faux fur trimmed and lined (real) leather coat, yet I still froze (and sweat) my ass off while making my way to and from the subway stations. This year I thought I’d be slick and escape to Florida to usher in the […]

Categories: Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Bombogenesis, Brooklyn Museum, First Saturday, love, music, Stir crazy, Well-Read Black Girl

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A Million Dollars

01/12/2017 by Sherring D.

She was the second woman to ever break my heart. Not in a romantic way. The first was my mother when she left—my preferred terminology of her losing her battle to cancer when I was eight. Nearly twenty years later, my closest friend left. But she didn’t die. She left. Disappeared. I was the one who almost died. Not because she left. She left when I almost died. Our friendship had been unraveling for about two years anyway, but it […]

Categories: Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: friends, friendship, girlfriends, loss, love, relationships

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Maybe Next Life You’ll Be a Flamingo

11/18/2016 by Sherring D.

Having a crush sucks. I’m not talking about typical Hollywood crushes most women probably have on celebrities. Morris Chestnut always and forever, baby! In second place is Jake Gyllenhaal. Polar opposites, but both are able to garner my unwavering support of their projects. My crushes on them don’t suck. They’re pure flights of fancy. Crushes on tangible, real life people within but out of reach suck. I was never a boy-crazy girl or teen. I’m drawing a blank on any high school […]

Categories: Back in the Day, Fabulousness, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: confessions, crush, dating, feelings, love, platonic love, relationships, single life

Posts, Likes and What I Read

03/09/2016 by Sherring D.

I’m feeling like a rock star. Well, not really, but I am feeling kinda special. Two of my Facebook and Instagram posts garnered a lot (for me) of “likes” and comments. I even got a text from an out-of-state cousin’s girlfriend. Last night I went to an author event at the Barnes and Noble located in Union Square. The author was Padma Lakshmi for her new memoir Love, Loss, and What We Ate. I know of Lakshmi and I like […]

Categories: Goodreads, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: author event, Barnes and Noble, book signing, Books, eating, loss, love, Love Loss & What We Ate, memoir, reading

A Shade of Red for Every Woman*

01/29/2016 by Sherring D.

I used to hate the color red. I thought it was tacky, flashy and gaudy. People who wore more than just a splash of it—say a whole red shirt as opposed to a shirt with red stripes—were attention seekers and conceited. As a teenager, the only hint of red you’d find on me was my nail polish. Even then it was hidden. Red was reserved for my toes, while my fingers were decorated with hues of brown. Only when the […]

Categories: Fabulousness, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: childhood, clothes, colors, grief, lip gloss, love, mature woman, mourning, new things, red, red dress, self-esteem, Shopping

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

02/19/2014 by Sherring D.

I woke up this morning, fixed my bed, and walked over to my closet to select the day’s outfit. I chose a two-tone gray knit top, and charcoal pinstriped pants. Then I remembered tips from the countless fashion articles I’ve read and makeover shows I’ve watched and decided to add a pop of color to counter the drabness. It’s bad enough it’s a cold February day. The icy sidewalks are lined with mounds of dirty brown, black and in some […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: birthday, family, grief, love, mother, motherless child, motherless daughter, remembrance

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Love Is The One Thing Everyone Wants; It’s The One Thing Not Everyone Has*

10/04/2013 by Sherring D.

Yesterday was the birthday of my first love. Well, my only love really. We were together for three years; apart now for almost ten. Nothing has come close to duplicating our relationship. I don’t lament it, just reminiscing. As most first loves, it ran its course, I suppose. My other love brought us together. We met when I worked at Waldenbooks Brentanos, the second of three bookstores on my resume. After that, I worked for publishers, where I was still […]

Categories: Back in the Day, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Back in the Day, co-workers, first love, love, relationships, Shopping

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#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 4: Fantasy

Bombogenesis: My First Week of 2018

A Million Dollars

Maybe Next Life You’ll Be a Flamingo

Posts, Likes and What I Read

A Shade of Red for Every Woman*

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

Love Is The One Thing Everyone Wants; It’s The One Thing Not Everyone Has*