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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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A Mist-Washed World of Endless Emerging Forms

November 17, 2025

Lately I’ve been waking to a mist-washed world, hills and trees dissolving into each other. I’ve long been drawn to …

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Feeling the Flow, from Mountain-Top to Marketplace

November 10, 2025

Have you ever felt being in the flow of things? That optimum experience that many athletes and artists feel when …

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My Book Buffet Newsletter, October 2025

October 27, 2025

Dear Friends and Followers, Welcome to My Book Buffet newsletter, a new monthly feature where I’ll share news about my …

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Prose Poem: 13 Ways of Looking at Dying

October 19, 2025

October is the month I was born and the month my mother died. Sweetness and sadness rolled into one. It …

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Down the Rabbit Hole with Salvador Dalí 

October 12, 2025

“There are some days I think I’m going to die from an overdosis of satisfaction.”  – Salvador Dali I felt …

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“Like Being in a Fairy Tale,” In Bruges

October 5, 2025

In the brilliant dark comedy “In Bruges,” a mobster sends his two hitmen to Bruges to cool their heels after a …

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Time to Still & Chill, Art & Music

September 30, 2025

After these past two tumultuous weeks launching my new novel, I felt a sudden need to space out for a …

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“When Things Go Missing” Is Released! Another Dream Realized

September 22, 2025

My debut novel When Things Go Missing is finally, officially, published today! It is a creative endeavor long in the making that …

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Book Tour Bus Fueled & Ready to Roll!

September 14, 2025

Can you believe it! Nearly a decade in the making, two title and book cover switches, tons of editing and …

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Seeking Authenticity, Sparking Joy

September 8, 2025

What are our responsibilities toward our own self-actualization? I think we all seek authenticity, to be who we truly think …

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Purpose of Blog

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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