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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Chopin’s Nocturnes Tinkling the Keys of Consciousness

October 4, 2021

I spent Sunday morning in bed with my coffee listening to Chopin’s complete nocturnes playing on my phone beside me. …

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Touch and Texture, What Satisfies the Eye

September 27, 2021

I’ve always loved the intricacy of highly textured things, in art as well as in the natural world, like tree …

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You Don’t Have to Love Them, Just Love

September 13, 2021

A man lamented to an Elder in his Church that try as he might, he could not love his hyper-critical, …

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The Truth Will Always Be

August 30, 2021

Every day I spend listening to music, sometimes stretches as long as five or more hours at a time, while …

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A Sultry Simone Sunday

August 22, 2021

I first become aware of jazz singer Nina Simone when I watched the film Before Sunrise, with a young Ethan …

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The Joy of Sailing in Song, Poetry & Art

August 8, 2021

I came across this much beloved sailing poem recently, which captures so beautifully and vividly my own exuberant experiences at …

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A Glimpse Into the Studios (and Minds) of Famous Artists

August 1, 2021

Aside from her paint brushes, we don’t see much of Georgia O’Keefe’s studio here, but I couldn’t resist including her …

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Poem: A Prodigal Turns Prophet

July 11, 2021

Three summers I spent by the river in the heat of a homeless camp. (Having left my father’s home, which …

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Writing Again, Loving It

June 27, 2021

I’m working again on that novel I wrote about in The White Hot Flow of Writing some time ago. I …

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Three by Langston Hughs on Juneteenth

June 19, 2021

The Negro Speaks of Rivers I’ve known rivers:I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of …

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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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