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, “This is my last birthday. No more.”But aside from failing eyesight, hearing and… -
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…
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When the poet T. S. Eliot wrote “April is the cruelest month,” I imagine he could have been thinking about death and taxes - because right after we finish…
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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…
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Every year I’ve been Town Moderator, I’ve driven one hundred and twenty miles to Montpelier to attend a refresher course on Roberts Rules of Order.It’s a…
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I never met Ursula K. Le Guin. But her essays about the inequities of gender helped me navigate this man’s world.In her essay, The Fisherwoman’s Daughter,…
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I recently attended a gala celebrating Holton Home, a senior residence in Brattleboro, that’s been providing care for elders since it was chartered as The…
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So far, I’m finding middle age to be like adolescence – only better. Sure, my body’s changing in alarming ways: I’m again developing bumps and hair, but…
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I recently attended a program called “Deer in the Woods” about the synergy between the deer population and the forest in Windham County, sponsored by the…
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For the last decade or more, my neighbor Walter has hosted an Annual Apple Squeeze on the Saturday of October’s long holiday weekend. Walter invites the…
