by Deborah Lee Luskin | May 6, 2015 | Living in Place
Lots of people come to Vermont “to get away from it all,” but few get away quite like Jeanne and Hugh Joudry, who’ve been spending summers atop Stratton Mountain for thirty-two years, first as fire wardens and then as caretakers for the Green Mountain Club....
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 29, 2015 | Living in Place
For me, Living in Place is all about the writing life, and it’s pretty great, especially since the invention of the web, which allows me to connect with readers without even having to get dressed.But the tension between the need for solitude and the pitfall of...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 28, 2015 | Living in Place
When opportunity knocks – open the door! As a direct result of Speaking in Public, I’ve been offered the opportunity to teach a graduate-level writing course at Marlboro College Graduate School. While open to any graduate student, the course is aimed at educators from...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 22, 2015 | Living in Place
If I’m lucky, I might still have a third of my life left in the tank, so I’m annoyed that I squander so much of this time searching for my keys. Whenever I can’t find them, I have painfully memories of laughing at my mother, whose every sortie from wherever she was...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 15, 2015 | Living in Place
Losing a tooth at age six is exciting; losing one at age sixty is not. At age six, the tooth-gapped smile is a sign of maturity. Those front teeth, once the suspected source of infant irritability, are celebrated as they wiggle free. At six, the improbable saw-toothed...
