by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 1, 2023 | Living in Place
We’re Still Learning Last weekend, Tim and I set off on our annual ski weekend to celebrate my birthday. Typically, no matter how early we plan to leave, we’re rarely out the door before the crack of noon. For perhaps the first time ever, we allowed ourselves a...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 15, 2023 | Living in Place
Newfane returns to an in-person town meeting. Newfane will return to an in-person town meeting at Williamsville Hall on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, and I’m glad of it. The meeting will start at 9 and most likely end by noon. Three hours. Dwindling Attendance It’s true...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 8, 2023 | Living in Place
As predicted, we woke to -15 degrees on Saturday, and a windchill even colder. When I stepped outside and inhaled, my lungs hurt, so I retreated to the kitchen to make jam. Tim hauled quarts of strawberries, rhubarb and raspberries up from the basement freezer. These...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 1, 2023 | Living in Place
We have snow! Tim and I took time off to ski: Four days, forty kilometers, four hundred sore muscles. The sign of a good vacation is finding returning to my desk restful. Happy times! It’s a 60-second walk from the house to my desk in the...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jan 25, 2023 | Living in Place
Volume Three is now available Vermont Almanac: Stories from and for the Land, Volume Three, includes stories, essays, poetry and information by and about Vermont and Vermonters, both past and present. With more than 72 contributing artists and writers, Vermont Almanac...