Bee Karma
Last year the oak trees behind our pool were alive with buzzing bees. Always, at any time of day or …
Author Archives: Deborah J. Brasket
Wild Poet Talking Nerdy, Matthew Dickman
I stumbled across him by accident. One thing led to another and another, the way it often happens surfing the internet. …
Sea Saga, Part III – First Stop in Paradise, the Virgin Islands
“This is where it all begins,” Dale whispers to me we take off, rising through layers of clouds thick as …
Walking Among Flowers
Out of the dark blue sea rose a lush-green mountain ribboned with cascading waterfalls.This was what we saw after 29 …
Sea Saga, Part II – Honeymoon Sail Bailing Water
[Click Here for Part I – Catching the Dream] We married on the fly. I had no wedding gown, no …
Waterholes in the Wild and the Backyard
Waterholes, whether in the wild or the backyard, are natural gathering places for wildlife and people who like to watch …
Nature and Human Consciousness – Seeing Things As They Are
Every time I write about nature I get deep into human consciousness. You can’t really separate the two. There is …
Sea Saga, Part I – Catching the Dream
The wildest, bravest, and most romantic thing I’ve ever done was to fully embrace my boyfriend’s dream of sailing around the …
Night Howls
Last month around this time when the moon was full, our nights were filled with howling. Almost every night we …
“Redwood Speech, Watershed Prayers”
The following essay by Francis Weller captures so much of what I feel about nature, the natural habitat in which …
