Judey Kalchik

Joined February 2021

511 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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You Taught Me More Than German
Dear Herr Ward, Writing you a letter that you can read over my shoulder is the only way left to me now to let you know the impact you made in my life. I tried to tell you as it happened but I know that I didn't do it well.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Humans
I Am No Hero. Top Story - November 2024.
Heroes come with swords and stone To fight battles they take as their own. I am no hero. ~ Heroes inspire others to take up the fight.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Poets
When I Die
When I die I hope no one remembers or cares that I joined Threads on its first day. When I die I hope no one reminisces about my use of the Oxford comma and stalwart belief that it should be used correctly and often.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Confessions
Don't Buy a Ticket to the Sideshow
The Master of “Let’s leak a new story or quote to distract them from that heinous thing I did” is assembling this season’s cast of Battle of the Network Stars.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in The Swamp
Insomanxiety
I can’t sleep tonight. Waking- I remember that I forgot something. - My alarm? It’s set. The door? It’s secure and locked.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Poets
All Aboard
We are on a journey. Bought a ticket for the journey and we were clear when we bought it about what we needed on the bus. Chose it for many reasons that were important to us. We waited in line for the bus to arrive.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Humans
Walking Numb
My life has fallen apart countless times. This numbness is fuzzy and familiar. I lost more people in my life today. But I am still here.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Poets
Don't Just Sit There!
It's beginning to look a lot like ... January. Well- it's what the gyms want you to think. Have you noticed the ads for gym membership popping up everywhere? Those always surface the last few months of the year, just when people may become a bit less active.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Writers
Time Keeps on Slipping...
"Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans", is a quote often attributed to John Lennon. I've been known to say that I'm 'making good time but not getting anywhere'. My grandmother used to call it 'spinning your wheels'. It all means the same thing. The things we do can get in the way of the things we want.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Writers
What's Its Name?. Top Story - November 2024.
Names have power. We answer to them, sign them, give nicknames, and when all else fails to ring true we change them. The idea that knowing the name of a thing or a person gives power is ancient and crosses many cultures, religions, and beliefs. bestowing a name grants honor and even power to the name-r over the name-d.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Writers
Stop Waiting!. Top Story - October 2024.
"Who has a good prompt for me?" "When will a new Challenge drop?" "What's the next holiday, anyway?" "How do you write something everyday?" "Where can I find writing ideas?"
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Writers
The Golden River of Time
The river ran backwards on the day the Queen vanished. I jerked awake and heard myself say out loud: ‘But am I dead?’ even as I shuffled my feet beneath the quilt to keep it from the spreading waters rippling from the spot I last saw her on the dawn-touched River. Thought I saw her. Would have taken an oath that she had been there before me on the banks of the Golden River of Time, pleading for rescue.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Fiction