Deborah Lee Luskin
CommentatorDeborah Lee Luskin is a writer, speaker and educator.
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My husband Tim and I planned to hike a stretch of the Long Trail, but it was raining. We went anyway.I like hiking in the rain, snug in a high tech jacket…
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Vermont, like the rest of the nation, is facing an imminent shortage of primary care doctors.Even though primary care is the single most cost-effective…
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This week as part of our Gunshots series, we asked Vermonters about the role of guns in their lives. Last year, Commentator Deborah Lee Luskin became a…
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We recently harvested our first-ever crop of sour cherries, which I figure took about ten years and four hours to produce. We planted and nurtured the…
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The West River Modified Union Education District - comprised of Brookline, Jamaica, Newfane, Townshend and Windham - has just had its first organizational…
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I used to like Green-Up Day, when I gladly pitched in to pick up roadside trash in my neighborhood. It was like a community game of I Spy, scouring the…
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I learned about LaCrosse, Wisconsin, from a Planet Money episode called, The Town Where Everyone Talks About Death - a city of more than fifty thousand…
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Like everyone who travels Route 30 to and from Brattleboro, I’ve been watching construction of the new I-91 bridge over the West River for years. The…
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My town merged schools with a neighboring town about six years ago, and it’s been a great success. Newfane and Brookline have had a history of shared…
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Given the debate about acceptance and tolerance, religious and otherwise, I’ve been reminded of how the Nazis required Jews to wear yellow stars on their…