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...]
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...]
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...]
Best Ways to Avoid Accidents in the Yard and Garden
By Bill Primavera Something really dramatic happened to me a few summers ago that could have resulted in a front-page headline announcing, “Home Guru Crushed in Freak Accident in Pool.” The … [Read more...]
Steps on How to Attract Neighbors Who ‘Tweet’
By Bill Primavera While our POTUS has given new significance to the practice of tweeting, this column deals with another source: those who chirp and have wings to fly. Between a childhood in … [Read more...]
The Most Practical Room in the House – the Kitchen Pantry
By Bill Primavera As I opened the door to my condo’s kitchen pantry to grab a quick snack, it occurred to me that I’ve lived in homes and apartments that didn’t feature a pantry and wondered how I … [Read more...]
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