Amy Kenneley

A Cleveland native, Amy Kenneley attended Hough School, Patrick Henry Jr. High, East High School, Ohio University and Lakeland Community College. "Still degree-less after all these years, but hopefully wiser in the world of experience."

Her major interests are poetry, genealogy, folk music and gardening, none of which she pursues with persistence or natural talent, but knows enough of each to recognize talent in others.

Amy Kenneley

Her real loves continue to be her husband Mike, their 5 grown children and their grandsons. Her blessings include family, friends, faith, good health and the chance to be useful.

I've Got My Love (Letters) To Keep Me Warm
Amy finds some warm memories on a cold night

Girl Scout Cookie Capers
Amy says selling Girl Scout Cookies is a family affair

That Heavenly Choir
Amy and her choir create Christmas magic

Thanksgiving For The Birds
Listen to these Bluebirds of Happiness

Through Thick and Thin
Celebrating 50 years of marriage

Getting a Leg up on Fashion
During War Rationing

Waiting for Dad
Amy sees the kids - Growing, Growing, Gone

Amy and her Easter Bonnet
Casual Clothes for Easter?

Amy and her Dog Tags
School Days in 1951

Amy gets a code, er, cold
She needs Mom and some Vicks Vaporub

Standing on Hallowed Ground
We have to be there

Before HiFi, MTV or iPods
Amy recalls Your Hit Parade

All a BOARD
For the new standing airplane "seats"

Hands of a Man
For the men in your life

Riding the Streetcars
Amy and her Mom's first shopping trip downtown the first winter after the War

Come to the Manger
Amy Kenneley's display from Woolworth's till now

Did you have Character (or Slam) Books?
Amy Kenneley did

Remember your first Lipstick?
Amy Kenneley's adventure with Tangee

The 1953 Cleveland Directory
Amy Kenneley's virtual neighborhood tour

Plastic Curtains
A future sealed in plastic

Hanging Out Memories
Washing & Drying clothes

Mom the Invincible
Any stories sound familiar?

Oh, Oh, Oleo!
When the new "butter" made its debut

The Tax Stamp Cometh
Remember collecting these for school?

The Fine Art of Snow Angels
by Amy Kenneley

Secrets of Decorating Revealed
Holiday decorations and memories

The Best Thanksgiving Ever
A 1950 memory from Amy Kenneley

Rebelling at the Polls
Election Days past and present

The Last Wave
"Today hundreds of children did not turn to wave goodbye. One of them was yours. One of them was mine."

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