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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Nothing But Miracles in the Backyard & Beyond

April 14, 2025

This spring as I’m walking around the yard, capturing all the beauty I see on film, I’m reminded of Walt …

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Creating a Cover: When Things Go Missing

March 30, 2025

I’m excited to show you the cover of my new novel! It was created by Owen Gent, a talented artist …

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Mud-Luscious Spring with Cummings and Klee

March 23, 2025

What better way to welcome our mud-luscious Spring into the world again than with the glee-scrumptious poetry and paintings of …

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When Things Go Missing: Title Changes & Book Covers

March 13, 2025

I haven’t been posting as often as I like lately, I’ve been so busy with the production of my novel, …

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My Lately, Political Turmoil, & Choosing Joy

February 13, 2025

I just got back from spending two weeks in Oceanside with my twelve-year-old granddaughter while her parents (my daughter and …

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Singing the Sea & Cultivating the Mind of Winter

January 29, 2025

I was entranced by Wallace Stevens’ poem “The Idea of Order at Key West” when I first read it in …

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Loss, Desire & the Search for Meaning in Life and Literature

January 19, 2025

Loss and desire–these are the themes that run through so much of what I’m compelled to write about in my …

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Finding Holiness in this Holiday Season

December 18, 2024

As I leave to spend Christmas with family, knowing I’ll not return here to post more before the new year …

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A Happy Ending for My Novel, at Long Last!

December 8, 2024

Some of you may remember me writing about my novel From the Far ends of the Earth years ago, how …

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Blessings & Boats, Poems by Collins & Clifton

November 25, 2024

May you and your loved ones, near and far, have a Blessed Thanksgiving. blessing the boats BY LUCILLE CLIFTON(at St. …

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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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