History and Her Story

by | Oct 19, 2015 | Uncategorized | 5 comments

The older I get, the more I realize, I just love history, and as is evidenced by the Addie blogs, I have a special passion for the story of the women in my family. My beloved mother died about 13 years ago, and not a day goes by that I don’t think about her. She...

Riverside or Claremont?

by | Jun 27, 2012 | Uncategorized | 6 comments

Friend and fellow-Sears House aficionado Cindy Catanzara Goebel sent me some photos and asked, “Is this a Sears Riverside or Claremont?” I didn’t have a clue, so I dug out the old catalogs and studied the two models. And then I learned something new....