Judey Kalchik

Joined February 2021

515 stories

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It's my time to find and use my voice.

Poetry, short stories, memories, and a lot of things I think and wish I'd known a long time ago.

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I Wouldn't Rest Until I Learned the Truth
At first I thought it a coincidence. I’d walk into the room and he’d turn off his phone. Or swipe his finger across the screen, closing the page he’d given his full attention just moments earlier.
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Fiction
Oh, My Child
Steam fogs the mirror clouded, the window blurs my sight of the world. . Water drapes my face sliding across my cheeks, neck, shoulders
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Poets
Facebook Mothers Days
Babies grow (they were my “push presents” in the 80's). Time goes on Days into years. - Constant yelps and demands Turn into (sometimes) calls and (sometimes) cards
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Poets
I Thought There Would Be More Blood
I thought there would be more blood. Don't get me wrong, the blood came. The pain, the guilt, the confusion, rage, sadness, guilt- hell; the whole smorgasbord of emotions piled on top of me until I couldn't take a deep breathe without every mote of willpower I had.
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Viva
Light in the Dark
Last night was difficult: where-is-sleep/ where-is-rest? Frequent waking, stumbling through the house. Just one more sip of water and I can sleep=wishful thinking.
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Poets
Planning a Keto Garden
In 2020 we, like so many people, started a pandemic garden. This was not just a few plants stuck in the ground. Oh no!
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Earth
You Know Better
Dear Self, Go to sleep. It’s late- nothing new is happening. You are tired. Even the usual math of ‘if I sleep now i’ll have so many hours’ isn’t working.
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Poets
Dear Resusci Annie. Second Place in Epistolary Challenge. Top Story - May 2023.
Dear Resusci Annie, I know we just met and this seems forward, Excuse my hands as I place them thus, Two fingers at your bust,
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Poets
Passing the Killer
Bundled into a too-small thrift store coat that pulled against my chest and bunched weirdly at my waist, I trudged down the alley, hunching against the wind and hurrying to get to the crowded little house before dusk moved to dark.
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Criminal
The Secret to Stopping Lunch Thieves. Top Story - April 2023.
The ‘watching-eye effect’, also called the Hawthorne effect, is a powerful tool that you’ve likely seen in action without even realizing it. This principle is widely used in public spaces and you can harness it's impact on your own life... right down to protecting your lunch from the slippery lunch thief.
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in FYI
Managing vs. Leading
Seldom are people hired to be leaders. In fact; I searched on LinkedIn and, although I found jobs hiring for team Leads, I found not one job posting for a Leader.
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Journal
As Long As We Both Shall Live. Top Story - April 2023.
In the rush of emotion, of course we promise. What's mine is ours To have and to hold Sickness/health. Until death us do part.
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Poets