by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 17, 2016 | Living in Place
One of the things Vermonter By Choice Murphy Robinson likes about her adoptive state is how Vermont’s Constitution grants its citizens “liberty in seasonable times, to hunt and fowl on the lands they hold and on other lands not inclosed [sic] . . . under proper...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 10, 2016 | Living in Place
As in the old Beatles’ song, there are places I remember all my life, and last weekend I had a chance to revisit one: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. It’s where my grandparents lived, where my mother grew up, and not far from where a daughter lives now.It’s also the locus...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 9, 2016 | Living in Place
The story is at the center of the Restorative Justice process, and as a volunteer for the Brattleboro Restorative Justice Center, I’ve listened to a lot of stories. These are real-life stories, often dramatic, sometimes emotionally wrenching, and at their best,...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 3, 2016 | Living in Place
On Groundhog Day, I checked the news before I checked the weather. After months of political forecasting, I was more interested in what had happened in Iowa than what was going to happen in Punxsutawney, PA. Besides, weather and politics are local, and no matter...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jan 27, 2016 | Living in Place
With this year’s paucity of cold and snow in southern Vermont, I’ve had to adjust my tactics for winter survival. As Bernd Heinrich explains in Winter World: The Ingenuity Of Animal Survival, “A large part of adapting to the winter world involves creating a suitable...
