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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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“O Holy Night” in Art & Music

December 23, 2017

“Peace on Earth, good will toward men.”  Wishing you all a joyful and blessed Christmas.        

“Truth & Love Wins” Redux

December 18, 2017

I am happy to report that at least in one very narrow slice of life, truth and love has indeed …

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Swept Away by the Music of Pat Metheny

December 11, 2017

I first fell in love with Pat Metheny’s music when listening his seminal album “As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita …

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On Mist & Fog, Endless Emerging Forms

December 3, 2017

I’ve long been drawn to images of fog and mist.  Part of it is the feel for the ephemeral and …

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Three Favorite Art Studios

November 27, 2017

I. My art “home away from home” Nearly every week I come to paint with friends at this art studio, …

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Boats & Blessings, Poems by Clifton and Collins

November 22, 2017

May you and your loved ones, near and far, have a Blessed Thanksgiving. blessing the boats BY LUCILLE CLIFTON (at …

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“Truth and Love Wins”

November 12, 2017

This has become my mantra in recent months: ‘Truth and Love wins.” It’s what gets me through the day when …

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Artists & Writers in Their Studios

November 2, 2017

I’ve been collecting images of artist studios and writing spaces as inspiration for creating my own art/writing workspace. Some of …

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Hauntings, Ghosts, & Demons I Have Known

October 27, 2017

As Halloween draws near, I like to repost a series of true life tales about the hauntings, ghosts, and demons I …

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Three Florals & Two Landscapes

October 21, 2017

As summer was turning to fall most of my painting was focused on florals and learning to create with acrylics. …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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