by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 9, 2016 | Living in Place
You are invited to come write with me at a Spring Writing Circle on Saturday, March 26, from 10-4.In timed writing exercises designed to prime the creative pump, writers focus and fly, letting loose the unknown in the wonder of words. We immediately read this new...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 8, 2016 | Living in Place
Last Sunday, I baked bread and prepared my taxes. It was a productive combination, inspired by Julie’s recent post about Pomodoro, a time-management tool. Since reading the post, I’ve used Pomodoro a few times, working with uninterrupted concentration for twenty-five...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 2, 2016 | Living in Place
Yesterday was Town Meeting in Vermont, one of the few remaining expressions of direct democracy left in the world.Town Meeting takes place on the first Tuesday in March. In my town, we meet in one of our old halls starting at nine o’clock to consider the business that...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 24, 2016 | Living in Place
The two most important skills I learned in high school were typing and kissing.Considering I was on the fast track for college and not secretarial school, I’m slightly astonished to admit that these skills have proved more useful than learning to solve a quadratic...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 23, 2016 | Living in Place
Over the years I’ve developed writing rituals that help me face the blank page, like getting to my desk early in the morning, before my editor’s awake. It would seem as if my critical editor is a late sleeper, so these early hours find me at my creative best, most...
