by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 18, 2018 | Living in Place
Death & Taxes was broadcast on the stations of Vermont Public Radio this morning. Listen here. When the poet T. S. Eliot wrote “April is the cruelest month,” I imagine he could have been thinking about death and taxes – because right after we finish filing...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 13, 2018 | Living in Place
I just came across this gem from the late poet, Jane Kenyon, and I thought it might give others guidance for planning their weekend. Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books, have good sentences in...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 11, 2018 | Living in Place
This time of year it’s common around here to hear people complain, “Oh, when will spring ever come?” There was a time when I could have been heard whining that same refrain. But I’ve now been around the sun enough times to have learned two things: First: Spring is...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 6, 2018 | Living in Place
The forecast was for high wind resulting in no power overnight, so we filled a kettle with water and ground coffee beans before we went to bed. I slept through the wind, but when I woke before dawn the absolute dark told me the power was out. The galaxy of LEDs that...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 3, 2018 | Living in Place
Writing a Book is Like Riding a Roller Coaster. It’s been a long slog uphill as I’ve worked on a long piece of narrative non-fiction on and off for going on three years. The on part has been the research and some published articles; the off part has been a heavy sense...
