by Sears Homes | Sep 29, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Yesterday (September 28th), Lori Jackson Black met me and Lara Widdifield Mortimer in Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia and then gave us a first-class tour of Mathews County and Gloucester County. We spent a solid four hours driving throughout the residential areas and...
by Sears Homes | Jun 1, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Yes, that’s a true fact. Back in the day, I actually kept track of such numbers, and back in the day, I found that about 80% of the people who thought they had a Sears kit home were wrong. Eighty percent. Typically, these folks did in fact have a kit home, but...
by Sears Homes | May 23, 2013 | Uncategorized |
But I’m not one of them. Since 1981, I’ve worked for myself, owning a series of small businesses, some of which have been successful and some of which have not. Currently, I only have one small business (“Gentle Beam Publications”) which...
by Sears Homes | Apr 5, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Having lived in Norfolk for seven years now, I have scoured every street in this city, searching for mail-order kit homes. I’ve ridden around with several friends, studied maps, queried long-time residents and harangued my husband and I was quite certain that...
by Sears Homes | Jul 6, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In February 2010, I was in Mattoon, Illinois doing research for my book, The Sears Homes of Illinois. My friend (old house lover and local historian) Joyce St Michael spent the day with me as we tooled around Mattoon and Charleston. Joyce drove me to this darling...
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