by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jan 16, 2019 | Living in Place
Another way of reducing my carbon footprint is by using the web to bring business to me instead of driving to all over the state. So, I just updated my website. The changes are subtle: mostly organizational, making it easier for visitors to find out how I can help...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jan 9, 2019 | Living in Place
Even in my Prius, averaging 17,000 miles a year leaves a deep carbon footprint. But driving is a fact of rural life. There’s no public transportation where I live, and the general store I used to walk to closed early in the century. Now, if I need milk, I have to...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jan 2, 2019 | Living in Place
Affirmations, Not Resolutions I used to celebrate New Year’s Eve in the accepted and conventional manner: I’d stay up till midnight, fortify my resolve with champagne, and vow to live cleaner, work harder, and sustain a calm, orderly, life. I’d make...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 28, 2018 | Living in Place
One year ends, another starts; the end is where we start from. The things that ended in in my life 2018: My father’s death in July was the end of a long life. His death changed my day-to-day world: the end of spending afternoons with him, taking him to appointments,...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 19, 2018 | Living in Place
After ten-days of guests and feasts at Thanksgiving, I declared this a no-Christmas year and thought I’d glide through the December Doldrums with full sails. But anticipating losing my wind isn’t the same as avoiding it, and yesterday I found myself becalmed....
