by Deborah Lee Luskin | Aug 17, 2016 | Living in Place
Romance Gap was broadcast on the stations of Vermont Public Radio on September 10, 2007, after Tim and I weathered a section hike of the Long Trail. Like Alighieri Dante, whose Divine Comedy begins with the narrator midway through his life journey in a dark wood....
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Aug 16, 2016 | Living in Place
While I’m hiking The Long Trail, I’m reposting old favorites. This one originally published January 20, 2011. Seeing the galleys for my first book was like seeing a sonogram of a baby that’s been growing inside me for years. I was giddy with excitement to...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Aug 10, 2016 | Living in Place
A Touching Reunion was recorded live at Vermont Public Radio’s 2011 Commentators’ Brunch and broadcast on August 22 the same year.Despite the events of Labor Day Weekend 2004 as described in this story, Tim and I are still married. That said, I’m currently hiking the...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Aug 9, 2016 | Living in Place
While I’m hiking The Long Trail, I’m reposting old favorites. This one originally published October 22, 2013. The English language on word order depends. If that sentence doesn’t convince you, try this: Take the adverb “only” and place it in different...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Aug 3, 2016 | Living in Place
I’m heading out to hike The Long Trail, the oldest recreational footpath in North America. The Long Trail climbs along the spine of the Green Mountains from Massachusetts to Canada. It’s 270 miles, and I’m not sure I’ll make it, but I’m going to try.Fifteen months...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 28, 2016 | Living in Place
Even though I think about death almost every time I climb into a car – unquestionably the most dangerous activity in which I regularly engage – I’ve managed to put off writing my Advance Directive for Health Care for more than a decade.It’s easy to procrastinate,...
