Pinterest, My New Guilty Pleasure
I’ve been on a Pinterest kick lately that’s taken me into the wee hours of the morning, searching for images …
Author Archives: Deborah J. Brasket
Walking in a Green-Winter Wonderland
Here on the central coast of California, we look forward to a green, rather than white, Christmas. While we love …
Dawkins and the Wonder of It All
It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it no one thinks to …
Good Prose and Good Science — Quibbling with the Masters
At first Steven Pinker was my new hero. Within the first few pages of reading his widely acclaimed “The Sense …
Blogging A Trail of Bread Crumbs – 2014 Recap
Blog posts are like a trail of bread crumbs leading you back through a misty past. They tell you where …
A Cranky Reader: What I Crave When I Read Poetry
I was invited to write a guest blog post about poetry on Luanne Castle’s Writer Site. The following was first …
O Holy Night – The Sacred and Sublime in Art & Images
Originally posted on Deborah J. Brasket, Author:
I’ve gathered some images, sacred and sublime, to scroll through as you listen to Charlotte Church…
Sweet Whispery Sounds for a Wintry Afternoon – The Moon Song
I don’t know what it is I love about this song by Karen O, which debuted in Her, the acclaimed …
Happiness Like Holiness
I’ve been ill–nothing serious–but lying in bed day after day, even surrounded by good books, tends toward melancholy. Reading Mary …
Turning Anger into Action, in Ferguson and Elsewhere
I am so angry at the outcome in Ferguson, that there was no indictment to allow a court of law …
