On YouTube, and it was freaky AF — Note: The following was recently published on my Substack, Sherry Raw. I had a brother, once, born four years after me, and six years before my sister. She and I have not seen or talked to him in nearly nine years. …

On marketing to the doddering — Note: The following was recently published in my Substack, Sherry Raw. My husband and I are watching the latest catastrophe unfold on CNN or MSNBC when they cut to a commercial. Oh, hell, no. As if aging isn’t tough enough to deal with, we have it shoved down our collective…

Help me, because I’m not feeling it — Note: I began writing this before Thanksgiving, hence the skewed time frame. I just returned from yet another trip to the grocery store, my home away from home. When it comes to meal planning, I flounder, so invariably, I shop more than I should, and invariably spend way more than…

At least Medium is consistent — This morning while enjoying my first cup of java, I scrolled through my email as usual. Imagine my unbridled glee in finding a Medium message alerting us to their latest coup: A quicker way to access the Friend Link! I could barely contain my excitement and indeed, had to haul…

I mean, what have I been doing here since 2018? — Oh, my aching head. I suppose we should have expected this latest bit of absurdity from this once-excellent platform. It’s a new initiative, boys and girls called “Friend of Medium.” Or “Become a Friend of Medium,” aka “Help Us, Please!” Whatever the hell it’s called, it’s poop. And that last…

If you really want to make it here you will — I blame the inane title of this story on the song, “Be A Clown” from the 1948 Gene Kelly, Judy Garland vehicle, Pirate. No. I wasn’t born yet, so keep your ageist thoughts to yourselves, if you clueless morons are out there and I know you are. I’ve noticed a…

Although my recent physical was a joke, I’m not laughing — Originally published on my Substack Sherry Raw. Tell me something, please. What has happened to — everything? Every damned thing is so fucked up these days. The world is imploding, the US is in the shit, and those individuals to whom we entrust our health and wellbeing are underwhelming, at…

Gird your loins for my latest endeavor Originally published on my Substack Sherry Raw. Hello, my friends. I hope you’re all having a great week, the shit-show that is our world, notwithstanding. I wanted to share some news: I’ve created a second newsletter here on Substack called “Sex. With An…

Where there’s a will, there‘s always a way, eh? — Hey, platform PTB, I want to applaud your continued and determined efforts to keep my followers on one side of the court and me, on the other. As in, I’m barely getting reads. I’ve become a wraith, a nonentity. And me no likey. If it’s “game on,” explain the rules…