by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 31, 2019 | Living in Place
“Fear is a Story We Tell Ourselves” Going Over the Edge At 5:30 AM one day in early July, I was roped into a climbing harness and walking backwards off a granite cliff. I had no fear. I’d taken to heart Cheryl Strayed’s words about how fear is a story we...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 24, 2019 | Living in Place
While this sign shows the property owner’s intent, it does not fulfill the requirements for legally posting land against hunting, which is a constitutional right in Vermont. Trespassing One day last November, I was hunting on a neighbor’s hundred-acre parcel...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 17, 2019 | Living in Place
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, transportation accounts for 29 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions. So even though I followed Leave No Trace practices while backpacking in the Grand Canyon, my recent trip was anything but carbon...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 10, 2019 | Living in Place
Just as I was about to send this week’s post about the carbon footprint of travel out into the world, I came across this video featuring the work of Clowns Without Borders. Clowns Without Borders brings “resilience through laughter” to children...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 3, 2019 | Living in Place
This Fourth of July, I’m thinking about freedom, generosity, and gratitude. My Paternal Grandparents My grandfather Jacob arrived in 1914. He sent the money he earned as a shoemaker to my grandmother and uncles, who joined him in 1921. My father was born in the US in...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jun 26, 2019 | Living in Place
Yesterday evening, Cheryl Strayed spoke at the Latchis Theater in celebration of Brattleboro Area Hospice’s Fortieth Anniversary. Strayed is the author of the best-selling memoir, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, the story of her 1995 solo hike of...
