Andy Griffith: 1926 – 2012

As a child of the 1960s, I grew up watching The Andy Griffith Show on television and loved each and every episode and each and every character. My mother would tell me that “Aunt Bea” reminded her a lot of her own mother, Florence Appleby, a woman who died...

Sears Magnolia in Canton, Ohio

Yesterday, after a massive “tidy up all the mess in the attic” project, I found photos of the Sears Magnolia in Canton, Ohio. In Fall 2002, PBS History Detectives invited me to appear on their second episode (first season), to do a story on the Sears Homes...

Poor Little Aladdin Shadowlawn

In the 1980s, I rode by this house (see pics below) and saw that it had been lifted from its foundation, and according to the placard in the window, was headed to a new site, about 2 miles west on Portsmouth Blvd (Route 337).  A new foundation was prepared at the new...