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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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“A Scattering of Rocks” — Zen in the Garden of Eden

December 4, 2013

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Sometimes there’s no other way to capture a moment–a way of seeing or being in the…

“A Strange and Beautiful” Entanglement

November 27, 2013

Recently, when most needed, I came across the essay “A Beautiful and Strange Otherness” by Wisdom Bridge founder, Francis Weller. …

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“Thank You”

November 25, 2013

“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” – Meister Eckhart …

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Between the Rage and Fear

November 21, 2013

I spent yesterday in the hospital with my son, who had overdosed on heroin.  I’d found him that morning unconscious …

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Music for Sailing Among the Stars

November 14, 2013

One of my poems has been set to music. An amazing composer, Troy Armstrong, emailed me earlier this year and …

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“Us, Ancient” – A Short Love Story

November 7, 2013

Us, Ancient by Deborah J. Brasket You know what I love most about swimming? How perky my breasts get. All …

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True Ghost Stories, Part VII – Do I Believe This Stuff? “You know nothing, Jon Snow”

October 31, 2013

I haven’t experienced any hauntings or paranormal activity since the “demon” sitting on my chest eventually scurried away. If you …

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True Ghost Stories, Part VI – Evil Incarnate

October 28, 2013

The dark creatures that haunt our dreams and come to us as waking nightmares take many shapes or forms, but …

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True Ghost Stories, Part V – A Demon on My Chest

October 21, 2013

Have you ever awoken from sleep to find yourself paralyzed with fear as something dark and evil sitting on your …

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True Ghost Stories, Part IV – Resident Evil: In the Belly of the Beast

October 18, 2013

We felt so fortunate. Dale had a job in San Francisco that summer, and his Uncle who lived nearby asked …

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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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