Living In Place
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Deborah Lee Luskin Writer, Speaker, Educator
- Old Love Story – New Edition
by Deborah Lee Luskin on February 11, 2026 at 4:47 pmLiving in Place
- Halfway Between Winter & Spring
by Deborah Lee Luskin on February 4, 2026 at 4:02 pmLIving in Place
- A Septuagenarian Writes: Life is Good
by Deborah Lee Luskin on January 28, 2026 at 4:57 pmLiving in Place
- Writing Letters
by Deborah Lee Luskin on January 21, 2026 at 4:45 pmLiving in Place
- PART 5: ERASE CHALK
by Deborah Lee Luskin on January 14, 2026 at 4:56 pmLIVING IN PLACE
- PART 4: DRIVE LESS, COOK MORE, SPEND TIME OUTDOORS
by Deborah Lee Luskin on January 7, 2026 at 4:49 pmLIVING IN PLACE
Blog
Publishing Advice From Author Bill Schubart
GUEST POST This guest post is by author and colleague Bill Schubart, who gives a brief, long view of the publishing industry's transformation from Twentieth-century...
Going Downhill
My father’s fond of saying, “Old skiers don’t die; they just go downhill.” He skied into his eighties, and he’s sliding toward ninety-three this year. He learned to ski in his...
The Power of Verbs
Here’s an exercise that will help you learn the power of verbs. See if you can make the following paragraph more interesting by changing the verbs. Challenge yourself to show...
Gun Safety & Domestic Tranquility
I’m a gun owner who believes there’s a way to think about gun safety that protects second amendment rights without forcing Americans to give up the domestic tranquility as...
The Town Moderator Speaks
The Town Moderator Speaks Yesterday was Town Meeting Day in Vermont, and I’m Town Moderator in Newfane. As I have been doing for the last decade, I take care to set the tone with...
How to Use a Colon
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: There are three general ways to use a colon: to introduce a list; to separate numerals in references and...