by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jun 19, 2018 | Living in Place
I love to garden. It’s a meditative activity – something I can do while my mind freewheels. Last Sunday, I found myself thinking how preparing a small vegetable patch is like writing a book. Lesson 1: Writing is Solitary. For the first time in thirty years, I’m...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jun 14, 2018 | Living in Place
We hosted a homemade wedding for my youngest brother and his long-term partner last Saturday. Yes, it was a lot of work sprinting through spring chores to get the gardens and house cleaned up. But it was also a lot of fun, especially in the days immediately...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jun 14, 2018 | Living in Place
Earlier this week, the Internet connection to my studio went down and I was reminded how peaceful the disconnected life can be. I had no Internet when I first moved into my Chapel of the Imagination, as I call my one-room studio tucked into a wooded corner of our...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jun 6, 2018 | Living in Place
Every year, Eastern Phoebes nest in our front porch. When we first moved into this house in 1995, the phoebes weren’t very successful. They built nests on unsustainable perches: in a hanging basket buffeted by the wind one year, drowned by water coming off the eaves...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | May 30, 2018 | Living in Place
I’m waiting for my Tesla – a battery, not a car. Green Mountain Power (GMP), the company that brings electricity into my home, is piloting a program to provide willing customers with the Tesla Powerwall 2. The Tesla Powerwall 2 is a battery backup that would provide...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | May 29, 2018 | Living in Place
EVENING PAGES I’ve added Evening Pages to my daily writing practice. I take time at the end of the day to reflect on both what and how I’ve put words on the page. Evening Pages provide closure to a day that starts with Morning Pages. MORNING PAGES I’ve been...
