kiehart
Unplugged but not Forgotten
After being unplugged from emails (my choice) for several weeks, I thought I’d tally a sampling of the 400+ garbage/spam emails I...
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Judy Kiehart
Writer of One-Acts, Short Stories, and Calico Lane
Judy's Jermyn
kiehart
- Apr 1
- 4 min
Just another day...but, is it?
When I was in grade school, I remember waking to soft tapping on my bedroom door and Dad’s announcement: “No school today, it’s a snow...
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- Mar 1
- 2 min
The passing of a fascinating month
As the cold winds usher in the month of March I am reflecting on February and wonder if life can be any more exciting. I don't take any...
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- Feb 1
- 3 min
The Messy Desk Syndrome: now or later?
Usually, the first weeks of the new year find me shredding old documents, and by the time the month is finished, I am not only onto the...
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- Jan 1
- 1 min
The Dreaded NYRs
Aren't you tired of listening to people ramble on about New Year Resolutions (NYRs)? For at least sixty years I’ve been aware that NYRs...
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kiehart
- Nov 12, 2022
- 5 min
A Magical Winter Memory
When I talk with readers about Calico Lane, the conversation usually leads to the person from my life that most readers would have liked...
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kiehart
- Oct 21, 2022
- 3 min
Don't Fear the Draft(s)
For several years I had been writing scenes that I hoped someday would result in a finished memoir. During those earlier years, the...
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kiehart
- Sep 13, 2022
- 2 min
Try to Remember the Kind of September...
I've lost the desire to be in the sun for long periods of time and the winters in Northeastern Pennsylvania were brutal. Flowers blooming...
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kiehart
- Aug 23, 2022
- 3 min
Quite a Ride
During a recent phone conversation, my son asked, “How are sales?” He was referring to my memoir, Calico Lane, which I published in...
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kiehart
- Jul 31, 2022
- 3 min
Privy Please
For starters, an outhouse is not to be confused with an outbuilding. Sheds, garages, and barns are types of outbuildings. Outhouses are...
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kiehart
- Apr 15, 2022
- 2 min
San Francisco - a long way from Jermyn
I traveled to San Francisco, but it was not the San Francisco of the ‘70s that Valerie longed to share with me. In 2008, Eileen and I...
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kiehart
- Mar 3, 2022
- 2 min
Ride, Ride, Ride, Hitchin' a Ride ~ Vanity Fare
As a teenager in the 1960s, I hitchhiked a lot. Back then, we all thought it was safe, and, it was the fastest way to get from here to...
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kiehart
- Feb 13, 2022
- 3 min
Me, a Carhop
There comes a time in every teen's life when she wants a real job. Not a baby-sitting job. Not a house-cleaning job. But a job that pays...
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kiehart
- Jan 3, 2022
- 3 min
A Rectangular Piece of Heaven
In 1958 my parents decided it was time to move from the Mayfield apartment in Baba's house and into a home of their own. Mom said...
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kiehart
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
CFO, Ballantine and Martin
Mom was an expert when it came to managing household money. As they built their house, and for the next two years, her earnings from the...
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kiehart
- Aug 19, 2021
- 3 min
The Playground Teacher
Each summer, the school district employed college-age students to serve as glorified babysitters for kids at the playgrounds around town....
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kiehart
- Jul 20, 2021
- 2 min
We Begin with our Parents' Stories
My parents were high school sweethearts in the early 1940s. Mom lived in “the Nebraska section” of Jermyn and Dad grew up in Mayfield,...
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