Where I Go
Keri Horon2022-09-07T09:41:05-07:00by Keri Horon Raindrops plopped on pavement The sky was dappled gray Through the speckled window I gazed upon my day. Retreat inside or venture out Two things from which to choose A hooded coat [...]
by Keri Horon Raindrops plopped on pavement The sky was dappled gray Through the speckled window I gazed upon my day. Retreat inside or venture out Two things from which to choose A hooded coat [...]
Easter Sunday fell on April fourth in 2021. We were entering the fourteenth month of the Covid pandemic; lockdowns and restrictions had begun in early March 2020. It seemed that each and every time a [...]
Looking up, I noticed small buds on a tree about to pop with white blossoms in the middle of February, and a squirrel scritch-scratched his way along a still-bare branch. It glanced at me as [...]
by Keri Horon Heavy yet holding On thin spindly branches A dewdrop born Of bulky sopping air Dangles […]
Pacing pausing Numb impatience While heat beat down Asphalt earth below my shoes You Shoeless Stood barred behind chainlink […]
“Look at that,” she said. “It’s bad. It probably needs to come out.” My stomach lurched. Out? Needing to remain calm for him, I anchored my feet and took a deep breath. Zach was [...]
When Walt Disney Pictures released their 53rd animated feature film, Frozen, in 2013, we pretty much ignored it. I was intrigued by the connection to Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen," but not [...]
As I raised the blinds in my son’s bedroom the other morning, I noticed his arm stretch out from beneath the blanket. His sleepy eyes looked at me – rather, at my clothes – and [...]
Milestones. One might say these are roadside markers measuring distance. Another might think of significant events in life: a graduation, the start of a new job. And still others may define milestones in the context [...]
Going to the grocery store became a highly preferred activity for my son when he was younger. It was surprising, because he experienced difficulties in places that were too bright, too loud, too chaotic. We [...]