The Beaumont: Extra Convenience

When Rebecca and I were reviewing and comparing our Life Lists, Rebecca identified the Sears Beaumont as one of the Sears Homes that she’d never seen. “I’ve only seen one,” I told her, “and it was in Carlinville, Illinois.” Rebecca...

The Story of a Life, and a Sears Home

Some stories are so compelling and inspiring that they stay with you for a lifetime. The story of Henry and Ethel Mohr is one such story. In 1928, 12-year-old Muriel Mohr returned home from school to find the charred remnants of the Mohr family homestead. It must have...