by Sears Homes | Sep 7, 2015 | Uncategorized |
It’s two, two, TWO houses in one! The catalog page featuring the Sears Arlington promoted it as a “Colonial House with a Bungalow Effect.” Maybe we should just call it, “The Colongalow”! [Kah-lon-ga-low] And what’s not to love about...
by Sears Homes | Sep 2, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Becky Gotschall initally contacted me through Facebook, and said that she’d found “a few kit homes” in her neck of the woods. Inspired by her enthusiasm, I started “driving the streets” of Pottstown, Pennsylvania (via Google Maps™) and...
by Sears Homes | Aug 29, 2015 | Uncategorized |
At first, I thought about titling this blog, “With a little help from my friends,” because – like so much of this research – I wouldn’t have much to write about if it wasn’t for fellow kit-house lovers who are always on the look-out...
by Sears Homes | Dec 8, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Last month, I traveled to Oklahoma to visit Rachel Shoemaker, and we had a lovely couple days together. Rachel drove me out to Chelsea (down historic Route 66), where we saw a picture-perfect Sears Saratoga. Next stop was just around the corner, where Rachel showed me...
by Sears Homes | Oct 5, 2014 | Uncategorized |
In Fall 2002, I was broke, depressed, lonely and very worried about the future. Months earlier, my beloved mother had died unexpectedly and my marriage of 24 years had ended in divorce. Those were tough times. I had one thing going for me: My newly published book, The...
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