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Dan St. Yves: Home poems

Dan St. Yves: Home poems

As I often tend to do right before a column deadline approaches, I wander about my home office for an hour or six, glance occasionally at the blank page on my computer screen, then Google search random ideas. This month, I had an “Aha” moment as I typed in “poems...
Smart homes (gone horribly wrong)

Smart homes (gone horribly wrong)

It is truly an amazing time that we live in. We don’t even have to be at home anymore to be able to dim lights, turn on a sound system or even FaceTime with our bulldog. Technology has allowed for almost every conceivable convenience – and it always seems to work...
Dan St. Ives: Not the king of pain

Dan St. Ives: Not the king of pain

I will admit to having been out of the real estate business now for longer than I was in it back in the day. And back in that day, it seemed that the typical Realtor’s professional image was pretty strait-laced – most every colleague across the board had no visible...
Are you a collector or a pack rat?

Are you a collector or a pack rat?

It has been a surreal past few months. Last June I lost my father unexpectedly. This past June, my sister passed away. In both cases, it became clear that there was a pattern in all our lives, a family trait if you will. We all liked to collect things. As I was my...