By Bill Primavera You’d never know it to meet me today, but I was born with some kind of neurological condition that resulted in my reaching the age of five without speaking a word. That was in … [Read more...]
Obsessing Over the Bathroom Scale
By Bill Primavera How many times, I wonder, have my wife Margaret and I targeted the next Monday to start a new diet? It would be impossible to calculate, but this time around, as I ponder all the … [Read more...]
Memories of Real Plaster Walls, Long Gone
By Bill Primavera My father died when I was a teenager, before I understood that he was more than a skilled tradesman but, rather, a true artist. A cement finisher by trade, he could do any … [Read more...]
How a Ghost Helped Me Buy a House …A Fantastic but True Story
By Bill Primavera In a past column I mentioned, perhaps impetuously, that I had once lived in a “haunted” house and I would someday write about it. Just recently I received a note in the mail from … [Read more...]
How Your Street’s Name Influences Your Home’s Appeal
By Bill Primavera Besides serving as a way to find where you live, can the name of your street influence the perception of your home and its value, positively or negatively? The thought occurred … [Read more...]
When Home Decorating Should Be ‘A Matter of Time’
By Bill Primavera Normally I don’t watch television in our living room, although there is one there just in case we want to tune in when our extended family visits. My wife and I prefer viewing in … [Read more...]
Dusting Off the Subject of Household Dust
By Bill Primavera Have you ever heard of a dust fetish? I reluctantly admit to at least a keen interest in the subject, having alluded to it a couple of times in my column musings. Just recently … [Read more...]
Musings on Home Ownership and Real Estate
By Bill Primavera This week I reprise some musings based on both practical and absurd observations made from past columns. The common complaint of noise from neighbors. No man is an island, … [Read more...]
Confessions of a Compulsive Weeder
By Bill Primavera It never fails. I’ll be in a rush to meet a client, dashing to my garage across my parking area, covered with crushed bluestone, and I’ll spy a tiny fleck of green peeking through … [Read more...]
Some Invaders Strangle Our Landscape, Others Eat it Up
By Bill Primavera Ah, the ways of nature and how we roll with them on our properties can be challenging indeed. Recently, I read an article online warning of nine plants we should never have on … [Read more...]
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