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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Speaking of Erotica . . .

February 26, 2015

. . . have you read anything hot lately? Perhaps it was the convergence of Valentine’s Day and the release …

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Happy Valentines Day – Celebrating Lasting Love

February 14, 2015

I’m reprinting a post I wrote two years ago, the first to be Freshly Pressed. Hope you enjoy it. They …

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Pinterest, My New Guilty Pleasure

February 8, 2015

I’ve been on a Pinterest kick lately that’s taken me into the wee hours of the morning, searching for images …

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Walking in a Green-Winter Wonderland

February 1, 2015

Here on the central coast of California, we look forward to a green, rather than white, Christmas. While we love …

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Dawkins and the Wonder of It All

January 26, 2015

It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it no one thinks to …

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Good Prose and Good Science — Quibbling with the Masters

January 18, 2015

At first Steven Pinker was my new hero. Within the first few pages of reading his widely acclaimed “The Sense …

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Blogging A Trail of Bread Crumbs – 2014 Recap

January 9, 2015

Blog posts are like a trail of bread crumbs leading you back through a misty past. They tell you where …

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A Cranky Reader: What I Crave When I Read Poetry

December 28, 2014

I was invited to write a guest blog post about poetry on Luanne Castle’s Writer Site. The following was first …

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O Holy Night – The Sacred and Sublime in Art & Images

December 17, 2014

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

December 11, 2014

I don’t know what it is I love about this song by Karen O, which debuted in Her, the acclaimed …

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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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