by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 26, 2023 | Living in Place
Into the Light Again On Friday, the first day after the winter solstice, the sun was in the sky for one second longer than the day before. Saturday, the sky pressed down as the earth strained to tilt, groaning to change direction. Gravity tugged at my blood. I dragged...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 15, 2023 | Living in Place
Vermont Almanac: Stories From & For the Land, Volume IV, contains another wonderful collection of stories, information, artwork, recipes, odd corners of Vermont history, and a chronicle of last year’s weather. With fifty-nine contributing writers, the book sings...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 8, 2023 | Living in Place
My hunting mentor says, “You can’t get a deer if you’re not in the woods” so often that I now say it to myself as I head out before dawn, even on those mornings when I’d rather walk to my word shop, where there’s a wood stove. “But you can’t get a deer if you’re not...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Nov 29, 2023 | Living in Place
The Beauty That Follows “Peak Foliage” Post Peak: transparent, invisible, gorgeous, stately, and spare, During the forty years I’ve been living in Vermont, I’ve developed an increasing dislike of Peak Foliage, when forecasters announce where and when the...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Nov 26, 2023 | Living in Place
Writing to the Light Writing Circle #7 The seventh annual Writing to the Light Writing Circle led by writer and educator Deborah Lee Luskin will take place in person on Sunday, December 10 at the Moore Free Library, 23 West Street, Newfane. The workshop will start...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Sep 7, 2023 | Living in Place
Identifying Birdsong With the help of the Merlin app, I’ve been learning to identify birdsong. I now recognize the most common birds that nest near my house; red-winged blackbird, belted kingfisher, American robin, house wren, Northern cardinal, Oriole, broad-winged...
