by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 10, 2019 | Living in Place
Just as I was about to send this week’s post about the carbon footprint of travel out into the world, I came across this video featuring the work of Clowns Without Borders. Clowns Without Borders brings “resilience through laughter” to children...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 3, 2019 | Living in Place
This Fourth of July, I’m thinking about freedom, generosity, and gratitude. My Paternal Grandparents My grandfather Jacob arrived in 1914. He sent the money he earned as a shoemaker to my grandmother and uncles, who joined him in 1921. My father was born in the US in...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jun 26, 2019 | Living in Place
Yesterday evening, Cheryl Strayed spoke at the Latchis Theater in celebration of Brattleboro Area Hospice’s Fortieth Anniversary. Strayed is the author of the best-selling memoir, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, the story of her 1995 solo hike of...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jun 19, 2019 | Living in Place
This post includes suggestions for lowering the carbon cost of what we eat. All food comes with a carbon footprint. Everything in this aisle has been transported multiple times. All the food we eat comes with a carbon footprint. According to the New York Times Climate...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jun 12, 2019 | Living in Place
Like a cactus blossom, an apology makes amends but does not cure the hurt caused by the thorns. Yesterday, I found myself apologizing after uttering hurtful words. Apologizing I was recently asked to speak at a large gathering and in the process, offended someone I...
