Paula Nicewanger’s Story Archive

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

White-tailed squirrel in Irvington!

August 1, 2024 | by Paula Nicewanger

This article first appeared August 21, 2009. An Irvington friend of mine, Judy Neidenthal told me about her neighbor Nancy Ostrander, who has been feeding a squirrel for a couple of months that has a big white fluffy tail. Nancy said she’s named the squirrel “Moby” and that he shows … Read More

St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild’s Decorators’ Show House Preview

April 25, 2024 | by Paula Nicewanger

I had the pleasure of getting a sneak preview of the St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild’s Decorators’ Show House and Gardens at 4521 Sylvan Rd. This is the Guild’s 63rd Home Tour, the longest running home tour in the country. The house is an English Tudor style with stucco and a … Read More