Dreamy Blessings
Keri Horon2026-06-10T16:25:43-07:00Recently, I had an unusual dream. Not that I’d describe other dreams I have as usual. But once in a while a dream flies in on a REM breeze and just perches in your brain, [...]
Gourd Grief!
Keri Horon2025-11-26T14:54:51-08:00For more than half the year, pumpkins of every size, shape, and color live on my front porch. They arrive in late September and stay ’til their condition warrants a sneaky, middle-of-the-night visit to the [...]
Aisle Sit This One Out
Keri Horon2025-10-03T19:54:25-07:00Remember the excitement of knowing, upon waking up on a beautiful morning during summer break, that you were going to go to an amusement park that day? The butterflies in your stomach as you thought [...]
Dragon/Your Feet
Keri Horon2025-09-08T14:30:03-07:00The dog days of summer arrived. “Dog days of summer,” it turns out, has nothing to do with canines lying around to beat the heat; the expression comes from the ancient Greeks who believed that [...]
Under the Weather
Keri Horon2025-03-16T21:51:06-07:00My eyelids opened to a semi-dark room which made me think it was earlier than my usual wake-up time. It wasn’t, though. Slate gray clouds were pouring out rain; I could hear the drainpipes working [...]
Pick a PEC
Keri Horon2025-01-13T19:01:29-08:00Of pickled peppers? Nope. There’s no connection here to the pepper-picking piper. The PEC I am pondering focuses on picture cards. These picture cards posed as the primary form of communication for Zach for a [...]
Beautiful~Butterfly~Boy
Keri Horon2024-09-26T11:38:44-07:00I can’t recall exactly when Zach began noticing butterflies. It’s a love affair that’s been going on for quite a while now. It may have started after the bees. During the lockdowns in 2020 and [...]
When One Door Opens
Keri Horon2024-06-13T13:46:49-07:00It was a blistering hot day soon after we moved from the Bay Area to the Central Valley. The Mediterranean climate of the Bay is something I was grateful for during the 20+ years we [...]
sun * son * Son
Keri Horon2024-01-27T15:30:43-08:00One foggy morning a few years ago, after I dropped Zach off at his beloved school, I decided to do the coffee shop + laptop thing. I have to admit, I was not in the [...]
The Preston Pére Noël
Keri Horon2023-12-12T10:37:02-08:00What little child doesn’t scream, cry, or freeze up when introduced to Santa for the first time? Maybe there are some littles who reach exuberantly for the man with the white beard and round belly [...]