Deborah Lee Luskin
CommentatorDeborah Lee Luskin is a writer, speaker and educator.
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I love the live transmissions from the Metropolitan Opera. Usually, it鈥檚 the music and spectacle that carries the story, which 鈥� face it 鈥� can be pretty鈥�
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I have a lot of diplomas, dating from nursery school right through to a PhD. But none of them has as much meaning as the one I earned this summer that鈥檚鈥�
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For the second time in as many years, Newfane voters are being asked to reconsider a bond vote that failed - about whether or not to build a new town鈥�
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I鈥檝e never been one to put out lawn signs for political candidates, partly because declaring who you鈥檙e voting for tends to end any meaningful discussion鈥�
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鈥淲hat do you mean, the party鈥檚 outside?鈥� my cousin blurts into the phone. 鈥淥utside with no air-conditioning?鈥滻 have only a moment in which to calm this鈥�
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When Phil Hoff was elected Vermont governor in 1962, it was commonly said that a Democrat didn鈥檛 win; the Republican lost. Two years later, something鈥�
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Earlier this year, my next-door neighbor installed solar panels on the south-facing roof of his barn, and my husband turned green with envy 鈥� roof鈥�
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The other day I ran in to my state representative at the grocery store, where we chatted about our kids鈥� whereabouts as we loaded our carts for the鈥�
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In May 2015, my friend Jan visited me on her way back to Alaska. We鈥檝e maintained a strong bond for almost forty years even though we don鈥檛 often write鈥�
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When we still hadn鈥檛 had significant snow by the end of January, I started hoping for a Valentine鈥檚 Day snowstorm like the one that redeemed the winter of鈥�