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Deborah Lee Luskin

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A Baby Boomer Grows Up

January 27, 2015 Deborah Lee Luskin

The Middle Ages in Europe, beginning with the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire and followed by the invasion of the barbarians, are generally divided into three periods: Early, High and Late. My Middle Ages are progressing in reverse, beginning with the departure of the barbarians, when the kids left the nest, and instead of […]

The Middle Ages

January in Vermont

January 21, 2015 Deborah Lee Luskin

It’s January in Vermont. My retired neighbors have driven south for the discomforts of perpetual summer, while my more affluent contemporaries are packing for their Caribbean vacations. I’ll miss their companionship, but I won’t miss their complaints, and if they really hate winter, they might as well leave. I’m staying home. I love the winter […]

Living in Place

My Year of the Dog

January 13, 2015 Deborah Lee Luskin

walking is extremely beneficial

2014 was my year of the dog. We’d lost Bonnie, our canine companion, in August of 2013, and adopted Leo in January of 2014. During the five months we were without a dog, we also lost our bees to a bear, our flock to a fox, and our garden to deer. We needed a dog. […]

Living in Place

Morning Chores

January 7, 2015 Deborah Lee Luskin

Morning Chores Log Pile

Before I can make the hundred-foot dash from my back door to my desk, I perform morning chores. These chores follow breakfast, which comes after an hour of writing by hand before dawn. In winter, my first task is to heat my studio, a jewel-box of a room with six windows and no internet. Even […]

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The Fleeting Moment of Ice

January 4, 2015 Deborah Lee Luskin

In a typical Vermont winter, there’s a fleeting moment of good ice, for skating. Yesterday was it. Good ice depends on cold weather and no snow. Good skating years occur when winter snaps the water shut. Last year, winter arrived in late January with wonderful, deep, snow that made for fantastic snow shoeing in the […]

Living in Place

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Deborah Lee Luskin, Writer

Deborah Lee Luskin is a writer by vocation and a Vermonter by choice. Into the Wilderness is her first published novel. Deborah is a skilled writer, talented teacher, eagle-eyed editor and entertaining public speaker. Contact Deborah with information about your project to find out how she can help you.


 

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    • Rosefire Revision Circle
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