by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jan 9, 2020 | Living in Place
Last year I tried reducing my carbon footprint by driving less and eating less-traveled food. So how did I do? I DROVE LESS We drove the truck less. It has zero emissions when not used. I only drove 615 miles fewer miles in the car in 2019 than 2018, but that’s mostly...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 18, 2019 | Living in Place
Third Annual Writing to the Event Writing Circle December Doldrums I used to regularly stall in the December Doldrums, when moving my pen across the page felt like trudging through wet, ankle deep, slush. As the calendar winds down and the northern hemisphere tilts...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 11, 2019 | Living in Place
Avoiding Amazon As much as possible, I shop locally – while I still can. But when the machine on which we rely for our daily bread recently came to the end of its life, I shopped online for a replacement. None were available from the manufacturers, and every big box...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 7, 2019 | Living in Place
I’m dreaming of a green Christmas, one where instead of discarding 38,000 miles of ribbon – enough to tie a bow around the equator – Americans consider the environmental impact of their gift giving, gift wrapping, and holiday celebrations. It’s possible to make...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 2, 2019 | Living in Place
“There are a lot of trees,” was the understated observation of a young Canadian farmer I met while hiking Vermont’s Long Trail in 2016. No kidding. VERMONT: A LAND COVERED IN TREES Trees. That’s what you see from any ridge line in Vermont. The view shifted my...
