Paula Nicewanger’s Story Archive

Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner

November 24, 2016 | by Paula Nicewanger

I cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner when I was 15 years old. My mother had contracted hepatitis the January before and had such a bad case she was hospitalized twice that year, 6 weeks the first time and then 7 weeks in August. She was so weak she couldn’t get … Read More

Traveling with Paula, Part 2: Crazy Horse SD

October 6, 2016 | by Paula Nicewanger

This past September, I told you my sister Gail and I take a trip together, just the two of us, every five or six years. She lives in Oakland, California and we only get to see each other a couple of times a year during hurried family events. This year … Read More

Neighborhood Groceries

August 25, 2016 | by Paula Nicewanger

After reading Steve Barnett’s article about Standard grocery, 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 there, so … Read More

Traveling With Paula: The Badlands, SD

August 11, 2016 | by Paula Nicewanger

My sister Gail and I take a trip together just the two of us every five or six years. She lives in Oakland, California and we only get to see each other a couple of times a year during hurried family events. We’ve been to Hawaii, climbed Mt. Whistler in … Read More

Artist Extraordinaire: Art Reception & FUNdraiser at the Bona Thompson

July 28, 2016 | by Paula Nicewanger

On Sunday, July 31st from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. local Irvington artist Elizabeth (Lisa) Seagull Heeter will have An Art Reception & FUNdraiser at the Bona Thompson, 5350 E. University. I first met this extraordinary artist two years ago at the Irvington Halloween Festival Poster Contest Auction. I had entered … Read More