Living In Place
When Does Editing Become Censorship?
WHEN DOES EDITING BECOME CENSORSHIP? I recently had to answer this question when Vermont Public Radio prohibited me from using the word “grandfather” to name my childhood abuser....
Ordinary, Daily, Demeaning Sexual Abuse
ORDINARY, DAILY DEMEANING SEXUAL ABUSE One of the reasons I came to Vermont in the summer of 1984 was to avoid the ordinary, daily, and demeaning sexual abuse that I experienced...
Commuting with Bears, by Megan Moody
As promised in Living in Place in Alaska, this week's post is by Megan Moody, a writer who lives on in Outback Alaska. ~DLL COMMUTING WITH BEARS I trudge along the muddy...
Just Read!
Just Read! Carry a magazine with you at all times. Keep a book in your car. Tuck a paperback into your messenger bag. Load a library onto your Kindle – and fire it up instead of...
Living in Place in Alaska
Through the Woods and Off the Grid While traveling in place to visit my friend Jan, I paid a visit to Jan’s daughter Megan, who’s been living in place a forty-minute walk outside...
ALASKA: A Transportation Vacation
My recent trip to Alaska was a Transportation Vacation. After a two-hour drive to the airport, it took three flights and all day to cross the continent and then north. Once in...