the drug store there was an apartment that Nancy and Rich lived in after they were first
married. Later, I think my Aunt Rita and her husband started out there, too.
My Aunt Barb and I would visit Nancy and she would always "make things" with me. I was
always asking people to make things with me. Nancy Ann was a great artist, not just in my
eyes, but a lot of other people, too. Many hot afternoons were spent in her apartment with
an oscillating fan on the kitchen counter while we "made things" on the kitchen table. My
favorite was making paper dolls. The ones Nancy made were much better than store-bought
ones. She would make dolls of Barbara and Rita, in addition to Patty Page and Margaret
Whiting. The dolls were made on heavy stock and the dresses were drawn on regular old
typing paper. She used paints and colored pencils for the outfits. She used pieces of floss to
use on hairdos, belts, and necklaces. She also made great shoes. I don't remember what they
were made of, but they stayed on while I played with them.
In addition to paper dolls, Nancy and I would draw flowers, and clouds and a hundred other
things, but my favorites were the dolls. Around four or five p.m., the magic would be put
on hold for another day. Barb and I would walk to her home up the street and Nancy would
start making dinner.
Sometimes, Barbara and I would go back to her house and try to duplicate the things we made
at Nancy's, but, somehow, it just wasn't the same.
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