by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 2, 2016 | Living in Place
Yesterday was Town Meeting in Vermont, one of the few remaining expressions of direct democracy left in the world.Town Meeting takes place on the first Tuesday in March. In my town, we meet in one of our old halls starting at nine o’clock to consider the business that...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 24, 2016 | Living in Place
The two most important skills I learned in high school were typing and kissing.Considering I was on the fast track for college and not secretarial school, I’m slightly astonished to admit that these skills have proved more useful than learning to solve a quadratic...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 23, 2016 | Living in Place
Over the years I’ve developed writing rituals that help me face the blank page, like getting to my desk early in the morning, before my editor’s awake. It would seem as if my critical editor is a late sleeper, so these early hours find me at my creative best, most...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 17, 2016 | Living in Place
One of the things Vermonter By Choice Murphy Robinson likes about her adoptive state is how Vermont’s Constitution grants its citizens “liberty in seasonable times, to hunt and fowl on the lands they hold and on other lands not inclosed [sic] . . . under proper...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 10, 2016 | Living in Place
As in the old Beatles’ song, there are places I remember all my life, and last weekend I had a chance to revisit one: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. It’s where my grandparents lived, where my mother grew up, and not far from where a daughter lives now.It’s also the locus...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 9, 2016 | Living in Place
The story is at the center of the Restorative Justice process, and as a volunteer for the Brattleboro Restorative Justice Center, I’ve listened to a lot of stories. These are real-life stories, often dramatic, sometimes emotionally wrenching, and at their best,...
