Article Archives: Boomerang

Hot Summer Doesn’t Compare to 1936 or 1983!

September 27, 2018 | by Paula Nicewanger

This summer’s heat will be something we remember and talk about for years to come. I remember wearing a winter coat the last of April during a neighborhood cleanup and getting my shorts out the next week for the first of May. We only had a day and half of … Read More

Indiana Actresses

August 23, 2018 | by Steve Nicewanger

Indiana has given the world more than a fair share of famous and important people. That includes actresses. There have been a number of beautiful and talent ladies of the stage and screen who were Hoosier born and bred. You may not have known that some of them had an … Read More

The Boomer’s Peter Pan

July 26, 2018 | by Steve Nicewanger

Hey fellow Boomers . . . remember when Producer’s Showcase on CBS broadcast a live black and white version of Peter Pan? On March 7th of 1955, everyone who had access to a TV (about 65 million viewers in all) was tuned in to watch the Tony Award-winning revival of … Read More

Traveling in the Heat

June 21, 2018 | by Steve Nicewanger

Looking back at some of my most memorable childhood moments, many of them are ties to vacations and travel. In the 1950s and early 60s, I had two aunts and a grandfather who lived in Cincinnati and across the river in Covington KY. My Dad’s sister and family lived in … Read More

I Saw Live Lava Flow!

May 24, 2018 | by Paula Nicewanger

Twelve years ago my sister had to travel to Hawaii for business. Her boss in the architecture firm couldn’t make it and she went in his place to  a conference. She fell in love with Hawaii and when we later talked she said we would have to go to Hawaii … Read More