by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 25, 2015 | Living in Place
As Vermont’s ski areas morphed into Destination Resorts, I gave up downhill skiing for cross-country; as cross-country skiing developed around groomed trails at Nordic ski centers, I stepped out of the tracks and went backcountry skiing. The Green Mountain National...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 18, 2015 | Living in Place
Vermont is a place of many seasons, and one of my favorites is Sugaring, when maple sap is harvested and boiled down to syrup. Sugaring season falls somewhere between winter and mud season – another of Vermont’s many seasons, and another precursor to Vermont’s long,...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 17, 2015 | Living in Place
As the first quarter of the year comes to a close, it’s time to review where I am with the three goals I set at the start of the year while I’m between books: launching my blog, increasing my work-for-pay, and completing some necessary administrative tasks. I’ve been...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 11, 2015 | Living in Place
In the deep of winter, my husband carries the amaryllis bulbs up from the basement. They arrive upstairs looking like nothing more than pots of dirt. Just as it seems as if winter will never end, it also looks as if the bulbs will never sprout. They appear dead; that...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 4, 2015 | Living in Place
I confess that for the past few years I’ve fallen into the abyss of vanity and self-doubt the likes of which I hadn’t experienced since the days I believed in the transformative power of blue eye shadow. Now, as then, I’ve taken to scrutinizing my face in the...
