Love Sweetie Podcast

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review two of Sweetie's letters from early January 1953.  Sweetie writes more about the New Year, about the family dog making its first trip to the vet in Doylestown, and in the end, Sweetie reflects on the strained relationship between herself, her parents, and her sister-in-law. We also review the end of the Truman Presidency, and ex...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review Sweetie's first letter from the year 1953 (as well as another small piece of correspondence that she sends to her brother-in-law).  Sweetie writes more about what happened during the Christmas holidays, and then makes her resolution for the New Year... to write more letters! Check out the website at www.lovesweetiepodcast.com fo...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review one big letter from December 29, 1952, in which Sweetie describes all that occurred at her home in Doylestown during Christmas 1952, as well as her interactions with other members of the Graham family.   At the end of the episode, there are some general announcements regarding plans for November and next year! For audio listeners, he...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review three pieces of correspondence - one from Sweetie's mother, Laura, and the other two from Sweetie herself, who is preparing for Christmas 1952.  That being said, we also learn about how her son, Lewis, is progressing in the second grade at the Doylestown Public School, and we talk about some unique antiques that Sweetie acquired...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review six pieces of correspondence from three individuals - Sweetie, her father, Chester Demaree, M.D., and her mother, Laura Shuler Demaree.  The first letter from Chester is from October 1952, and the rest of the documents are from November 1952.  We get a last note from Chester about some of his trip with his wife to visit Sweetie in Pe...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review three pieces of correspondence that Sweetie wrote in October and November 1952.  Sweetie's parents continue their visit with her daughter and her family in Doylestown, and in this episode, we learn that they visited Valley Forge National Park.  However, by the end of the episode Sweetie's parents leave to return home to Iow...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review three pieces of correspondence that Sweetie and her father, Chester Demaree, M.D., wrote in October 1952.  Sweetie's parents finally arrive in Doylestown to visit their daughter after such a long delay, and they both describe what happens during the first couple of weeks that they spend together.  The family travels to Philadelp...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review three pieces of correspondence that Sweetie wrote in September and early October 1952.  We learn more about Sweetie's son, Lewis, in the second grade at the Doylestown Public School, Sweetie discusses the upcoming Presidential Election of 1952, and the family gets their first dog to celebrate Lewis' 7th birthday! Check out...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review two letters that Sweetie wrote in September 1952.  Sweetie's son, Lewis, started the second grade at the Doylestown Public School that fall, and Sweetie is eagerly anticipating the arrival of her parents from Iowa, but doesn't know yet when they might plan to visit.  Meanwhile, the curmudgeonly Miss Darst has plans of her o...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review three letters that Sweetie wrote in August 1952 and September 1952.  In the first letter, Sweetie writes to her sister, Jeanne, giving her advice on various aspects of married life, and in the second letter, she writes the same day to the rest of the family.  We learn more about her brother-in-law's wife, Marguerite, who had bee...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review two letters that Sweetie wrote in August 1952.  Sweetie continues to wait for her parents to visit from Iowa, and in the meantime, the family continues their work on the property in Doylestown.  Sweetie also writes of their work in the antiques business, and she and Lew formally take the name "Graham's Antiques" for bu...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review two letters that Sweetie wrote at the end of July 1952 and the beginning of August 1952.  Sweetie writes of her day-to-day life in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and notes some information about the Democratic National Convention that summer that she and her family (as well as Miss Darst) are watching on their television.  There are some...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode are four pieces of correspondence from the end of June and the beginning of July 1952.  In these, Sweetie provides updates about her life in Doylestown and her son, Lewis, passing the first grade.  Sweetie eagerly anticipates the arrival of her parents from Iowa, and continues to make plans for their visit, and also talks about what the family...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, two of Sweetie's letters are reviewed from June 5 and June 7, 1952.  In these, Sweetie provides updates about her life in Doylestown and the end of the school year for her son, Lewis, who is finishing first grade at the Doylestown Public School in town.  She writes more about her gardening and her activities going to various sales, and th...

This is a special bonus episode of the Love Sweetie Podcast, released on July 4, 2026 (the 250th Anniversary of July 4, 1776).  This episode reviews the history of the scribe of the Declaration of Independence, Timothy Matlack, and Sweetie and Lew's connection to this founding father from Philadelphia. Happy 250th Birthday, America! (The next new full episode of the Love Sweetie Podcast will...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie finally answers the questionnaire that her father, Chester, had sent to her at least a couple of months earlier.  In this questionnaire she answers basic questions about her life in Doylestown, and her responses paint a picture of the town in the early 1950's.  She then writes a smaller letter to the rest of the family, noting tha...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes to her family two letters from late May and early June 1952.  She recounts her attempt to get her roof fixed, as the company that had supposedly fixed it some time earlier had not done a complete job.  Her interaction with the men at the roofing company surprises them, and they agree to return to fix their earlier work.  Sweetie...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes about what was occurring at her home in Doylestown in May 1952.  She provides updates on the work that she and her husband, Lew, are doing on their property - specifically filling in an old well that had become a hazard to others, regardless of the protest of Miss Darst.  Then we review three postcards from Sweetie's father...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes about what was occurring at her home in Doylestown in late April and early May 1952.  Specifically, her sister-in-law, Elizabeth, goes on vacation for two weeks to Florida while her husband is at a newspaperman's convention, leaving her mother (Sweetie's mother-in-law) to take care of her three young children alone in...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes about what was occurring at her home in Doylestown immediately after Easter 1952, and then in the second letter, she writes to her family a story about an issue that had been occurring at the Doylestown Public School involving one of Lewis' first grade classmates and their first grade class teacher, Mrs. Houck.   Finally, a...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie answers questions from her family in the first letter and in the second letter, we learn that her son, Lewis, had the measles during Easter 1952.  Additionally, we review a penny postal card that Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D., sent to her sister, Jeanne, and examine his unique handwriting, as well as the postmark and sta...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review two letters that Sweetie wrote in early April 1952.  In these letters, she comments about some of the work that she is doing around the house (including fighting more poison ivy on her property), notes information about a car accident that happened on Main Street., and while she is relieved that her father, Chester Demaree, M.D., is...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review four pieces of correspondence from March 1952 - we start with two letters from Sweetie to her family, and then two messages from her father, Chester Demaree, M.D., follow.  In the first two letters, Sweetie is clearly trying to convince her father, who was seriously ill in the preceding weeks, to stay in Des Moines with her sister an...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review four pieces of correspondence from March 1952 - we start with two messages from Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D., in Lacona, Iowa, and then we continue with Sweetie's narrative on March 20, 1952.  The first letter is her family circular in which she notes what's been happening in Doylestown at home.  However, it...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review three of Sweetie's letters from March 1952 that she wrote in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.   Increasingly, Sweetie is becoming concerned with her father's health - that he is suffering from a medical issue in regards to his heart - and she is stressed that she cannot be there in Iowa to keep an eye on him.  So she writes three...