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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Waking Up in an Alternate Reality

November 9, 2016

I woke this morning feeling as if I had  been tossed from the real world into an alternate universe–where Trump …

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Soul-Searching in a Sea of Images

October 26, 2016

I stayed up late last night, way past my bed time, searching Pinterest for images to save to my boards.It …

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For Love of Chaos – My Viking Binge, Trump, & Wrecking-Ball Politics

September 25, 2016

Since becoming the full-time nanny for my little granddaughter, my reading tastes have taken a decisive darker turn. Instead of …

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Learning to Play (Again)

March 24, 2016

I played piano as a girl and always regretted giving it up. Lately the thought that I may never play …

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My Top 25 Binge-Worthy TV Series

April 19, 2015

It appears to be all the rage now, binge-watching favorite TV  series. Especially with the advent of Netflix originals, where …

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Sexy, Smart, Sweet, & Soulful

April 12, 2015

Finally! I found what I was looking for when I wrote the post Speaking of Erotica, a “steamy love story …

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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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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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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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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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