by Deborah Lee Luskin | Sep 18, 2018 | Living in Place
This afternoon’s writing time was unexpectedly pushed aside to pick up liquid Ibuprofen, a pill crusher, a WaterPik, and energy drinks for my husband, who’s had his broken jaw wired together this morning and will be on a liquid diet for weeks. I rushed...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Sep 6, 2018 | Living in Place
I always gave my children a spoonful of honey on the first day of school, to wish them sweetness in learning. My eldest is still on a school calendar, and she doses herself before returning to her classroom to teach. The rest of us dip apples in honey every September,...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Sep 4, 2018 | Living in Place
What we call the beginning is often the end And to make and end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. ~T.S. Eliot September: Summer ends, and we begin the push to the end of the year. Summer ends and work resumes in earnest. September: the first...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Aug 22, 2018 | Living in Place
People are always talking about the weather, especially those of us who live and work rurally and spend part of every day outside, regardless. Weather: in Vermont, we have lots of it. It’s a place where people say, “If you don’t like the weather, just wait five...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Aug 21, 2018 | Living in Place
“What’s wrong with a drawer full of jar lids?” I asked Roz Chast during the Q & A following her recent author talk before a capacity crowd. I’d hesitated to ask the question because it was so unlike the questions about process and inspiration readers...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Aug 15, 2018 | Living in Place
Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant is New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast’s graphic memoir about caring for her elderly parents as they resisted the help that they needed and that their middle-aged daughter was at initially clueless to provide. Providing that...
