Deborah Lee Luskin
CommentatorDeborah Lee Luskin is a writer, speaker and educator.
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On his ninety-second birthday just over a year ago, Dad announced, 鈥淭his is my last birthday. No more.鈥滲ut aside from failing eyesight, hearing and鈥� -
A friend told me where to find ramps along the West River. But even without directions, the smell of these pungent wild onions would have led me to where鈥�
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When the poet T. S. Eliot wrote 鈥淎pril is the cruelest month,鈥� I imagine he could have been thinking about death and taxes - because right after we finish鈥�
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When I taught writing in Vermont prisons, I had to leave everything but my keys and teaching materials in my car.I then had to hand over my keys and pass鈥�
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Every year I鈥檝e been Town Moderator, I鈥檝e driven one hundred and twenty miles to Montpelier to attend a refresher course on Roberts Rules of Order.It鈥檚 a鈥�
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I never met Ursula K. Le Guin. But her essays about the inequities of gender helped me navigate this man鈥檚 world.In her essay, The Fisherwoman鈥檚 Daughter,鈥�
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I recently attended a gala celebrating Holton Home, a senior residence in Brattleboro, that鈥檚 been providing care for elders since it was chartered as The鈥�
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So far, I鈥檓 finding middle age to be like adolescence 鈥� only better. Sure, my body鈥檚 changing in alarming ways: I鈥檓 again developing bumps and hair, but鈥�
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I recently attended a program called 鈥淒eer in the Woods鈥� about the synergy between the deer population and the forest in Windham County, sponsored by the鈥�
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For the last decade or more, my neighbor Walter has hosted an Annual Apple Squeeze on the Saturday of October鈥檚 long holiday weekend. Walter invites the鈥�
