by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jan 11, 2017 | Living in Place
Since finishing my end-to-end hike on September 8, 2016, I’ve been back on the trail three times. Each time, the trail’s both different and the same. It always feels good to be back in the saddle: boots laced, water bottle filled, pack shouldered. As soon as I hit the...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jan 10, 2017 | Living in Place
If the US elections can be hacked, so can your data. Are you protected? I took my concerns and my computer to Steve West at Fearless Computing to see what I could do to keep my data safe. MAC v. PC “You’re already using a Mac,” Steve said, “which puts you way ahead of...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jan 4, 2017 | 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, 2016 | Living in Place
We bucked all our Christmas traditions this year. With none of our adult children at home and still reeling from the election, there didn’t seem any point in decorating a tree, baking cookies, or preparing a Christmas Day feast. So we didn’t. We hiked Stratton...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 21, 2016 | Living in Place
As promised, here are recipes for the food we carried on the Long Trail. GENERAL INFORMATION I purchased most of the ingredients for these recipes from the Brattleboro Food Coop, which runs a fabulous bulk department of grains, legumes, nuts, dried fruits, seeds and...
