The few Sears catalogues thatcame my way became a source of
literature which I read for hours
at a time. This rare image of a page out of
a 1943 Sears Catalogue can be found
over at www.costumes.org
The big cardboard box that the large radio console my father sent to buy from the Sears Roebuck catalogue became a toy for Aminta and me. We were home alone so much that we had the run of the place. Like clockwork my father left home early in the mornings to work on the Canal Zone and was gone all day. For us kids God only knew where my mother might have been as she would suddenly disappear for most of the day right after my father left. So, during most of the day we learned to stay busy just playing quietly by ourselves. Continue reading
