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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing from the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Touching the Wild

October 15, 2012

“The word wild is like a gray fox trotting off through the forest, ducking behind bushes, going in and out …

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Birthing and Rebirthing

October 9, 2012

My granddaughter was born a few days ago and my heart fell apart. There’s something so  breathtakingly tender, and heartbreakingly sweet, …

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Sunday Morning: All is a miracle…

October 7, 2012

Both the photo and the quotation are too beautiful not to share on this beautiful Sunday morning, with my brand new …

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The Arts in Healing

October 3, 2012

This summer my brother took me on an art tour of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and I captured a …

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Riffing on Roses

September 24, 2012

Lately I’ve been playing with roses, photographing them at different stages in bloom, at different times of day, against varied backgrounds, just …

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Hot Hills in Summer Heat

September 17, 2012

“I watch them every summer, the hot hills crouched like a lion beside the road. I see the strength—tawny skin …

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When Women Were Birds & Murmurations

September 15, 2012

I wanted to share this, a beautifully written post about women and writing and a review of Terry Tempest Williams’ book …

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Bee Karma

September 9, 2012

Last year the oak trees behind our pool were alive with buzzing bees.  Always, at any time of day or …

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Wild Poet Talking Nerdy, Matthew Dickman

September 2, 2012

I stumbled across him by accident.  One thing led to another and another, the way it often happens surfing the internet. …

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Sea Saga, Part III – First Stop in Paradise, the Virgin Islands

August 26, 2012

“This is where it all begins,” Dale whispers to me we take off, rising through layers of clouds thick as …

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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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