The First One
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:43:49-08:00The first one. The first blog post on my new website, kerimehome.com. It has to be perfect. It has to impress. Has to be a home run. As a dozen topics swirled in my head, [...]
Have Pumpkin Will Travel
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:37:41-08:00Keep in mind it’s June. Autumn is a season away; Halloween, four months down the road. I stuffed a backpack and a duffel bag with simple overnight supplies for a quick trip: clean underwear, pajamas, [...]
From Queens to Cali
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:38:34-08:00I’m Keri. I’m originally from New York. Queens to be exact. Not far from where Doug Heffernan drove his fictitious IPS van and spent all his life driving home to Carrie (and her father Arthur). [...]
Ode to the Man on the Corner
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:39:40-08:00While bluejays fly high, wispy clouds dot the sky and rubber rolls by at dizzying speed. On the corner there stands a man who demands they follow his hands as he whispers a ‘please.’ On [...]
Heavy Metal Healing
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:42:31-08:00Heavy metal was not my thing as a kid. With its distorted beats and aggressive vocals, it was discouraged by my parents (and every other adult with authority over me). Although plenty of my friends [...]
Where are the Cats and Dogs?
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:41:37-08:00(This was written in 2016 at the height of the five year California drought) Twas the first of September and all through the sky, the clouds, they were swirling, and the land, it was dry. [...]
The Tricycle
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:40:40-08:00The fog was pillowy and the air chilly when I dropped my son off at school. His Adaptive P.E. teacher must have seen my car pull up to the red curb and was heading toward [...]
Finding Aida
Keri Horon2022-12-31T17:36:02-08:00This would be a great neighborhood for bike riding, I speculated as the clonking windshield wipers ticked like a metronome on the glass. The car, at a 12 mile per hour crawl, took us around [...]