Paula Nicewanger’s Story Archive

Pysanky Easter Eggs

April 10, 2025 | by Paula Nicewanger

The egg is a symbol of rebirth. With the addition of complex Ukrainian folk designs, the Easter egg becomes a true object of beauty. The art form is called Pysanka, from the verb pysaty, “to write,” as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax and dyes. When … Read More

It’s in my jeans

February 6, 2025 | by Paula Nicewanger

You know, nowadays we all take wearing jeans for granted. You have your cute tight ones that make you look hip and then the ragged ones you only wear to work in the garden. You have your fat jeans and your skinny jeans and the ones you hope someday you … Read More

Hello, can you hear me now?

October 10, 2024 | by Paula Nicewanger

First published June 23, 2010 Remember the phone number prefix Melrose or Fleetwood? If you do, then you were probably born before 1960. I remember our number was Melrose (ML) 22962. We had the big old heavy black rotary phone. That phone was heavy enough to be used as a … Read More

The Hula Hoop

September 5, 2024 | by Paula Nicewanger

First published April 3,  2010 Remember the Hula Hoop?  I   sure do — I enjoyed hours of fun with it. I can remember my own personal record of keeping it up for half an hour. I hung my hands on the clothes line stretched across the backyard. I was really … Read More

Neighborhood Groceries

August 22, 2024 | by Paula Nicewanger

With the high price of groceries everyone is talking about, I thought I should tell you about the little neighborhood grocery in my old neighborhood near downtown. Working in that grocery was my first job the summer before I turned 16 (1965). My Dad happened to be the meat cutter … Read More