By Bill Primavera
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 maintenance or improvement project
Read MoreBy 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 a “devoted fan”
Read MoreBy 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 to me a while back when
Read MoreBy 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 our master bedroom.
Read MoreBy 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 I learned about
Read MoreBy 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, but there were a couple of occasions, especially
Read MoreBy 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 the gravel. Another
Read MoreBy 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 our properties because of
Read MoreBy 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 article might end with a warning to readers that
Read MoreBy 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 South Philadelphia and an early adulthood spent
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