by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 31, 2024 | Living in Place
PART ONE: GETTING STARTED In addition to growing fruit and vegetables, raising new laying hens, and tending a flock of meat birds, every summer we also often undertake A Project—as if picking berries, pickling cucumbers, and moving chicken tractors weren’t enough to...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 9, 2024 | Living in Place
Writer and editor Martina Tyrrell publishes a newsletter for writers “to inspire and support you to meet your writing goals.” Because I’ve been tangled in a long-term project and need support, I subscribed. I’m glad I did. Accountability & Time Management...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jun 27, 2024 | Living in Place
I was eating lunch on the porch. The hummingbird approached, but the feeder was missing. It lay smashed on the patio. Did it just fall? I thought so. Then I saw the nearby scat. A bear.
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jun 6, 2024 | Living in Place
Some of my siblings are unequivocal in their support of Israel, and some of my children are unequivocal in their support of Palestine, leaving me uncomfortably caught in the middle, supporting everyone’s right to live in peace—including mine. I’m grateful for the...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | May 9, 2024 | Living in Place
I find comfort in nature when I’m heartsore with all that’s wrong in the world. This is the moment when the green veil of leaves obscures the view from my window This is the moment in my ecosphere, when the green veil of leaves obscures the view from my window....
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 17, 2024 | Living in Place
Growing Up Jewish in America The Passover Seder has been one of my favorite celebrations of the year, but I’m so troubled by what’s happening in the Middle East, that I don’t know how—or even if—I can celebrate a holiday about escaping oppression this year, or ever...
