by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 17, 2012 | Living in Place
I have not been writing a poem a week as I tasked myself in Cross Training, nor have I met the goal I set in my Bylines Calendar of writing a chapter a month. If I wanted to grind to a complete halt, I could trip over these “failures,” wallow in chocolate, and stop...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 3, 2012 | Living in Place
When I was working out in the world and raising a family, I was automatically connected to other people. I volunteered at the kids’ school, baked brownies, chaperoned field trips, and helped raise the next generation. My work in a medical office connected me not only...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 20, 2012 | Living in Place
When I lived alone in Manhattan, a married friend with three sons once said to me, “Enjoy your solitude.” I did. But I was lonely, too. Later, in Vermont, waiting in line to be seated at a diner with my three young children while my husband was working, a different...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 6, 2012 | Living in Place
The essay I intended for today’s post was about the fine line between solitude and loneliness – a boundary I often have difficulty negotiating. I wrote about eight hundred words, and it was good – but it wasn’t good enough. And even though I could post it, I...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 21, 2012 | Living in Place
Starting a new book is like learning to drive manual transmission: it’s all about getting into first gear. And even though a writer may have cruised along in fifth to the end of any number of novels before, each new one is like learning to drive all over again. I’ve...
