by Sears Homes | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Tonight, for the first time in months, I got on the ham radio, calling CQ on the 40-meter band. My second contact was “Bob.” In a flash, my buddy Milton (sitting with me) looked up Bob’s call sign on his computer, and started laughing hysterically....
by Sears Homes | Dec 20, 2012 | Uncategorized |
A few days ago, I wrote a blog about the Sears Avondale in Greeley, Colorado. When that blog was posted, I had nothing more than vintage photos of this house, built by Winfred H. Senier. Thanks to Betsy Kellums of the Greeley Preservation Historic Office, I now have...
by Sears Homes | Dec 7, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Updated! To see the newest blog with contemporary photos of this house, click here!! More than a year ago, I posted a blog about a Sears Avondale/Hawthorne in Greeley, Colorado. Since then, several folks have left comments, and thanks to their efforts, the house has...
by Sears Homes | Feb 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In the mid-1980s, I saw the movie Testament, starring Jane Alexander and William Devane. The story is set in a fictitious town of Hamlin (near San Francisco), and tells the story of an average American family in a Norman Rockwell town. One moment, the kids are...
by Sears Homes | Sep 16, 2010 | Uncategorized |
The last time I visited Buena Vista, Virginia was 1969. Our family had been vacationing in Douthat State Park and we were awakened in the wee hours by a park ranger and told to get out immediately due to extreme flooding. Hurricane Camille had visited overnight and...
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