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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Family

Mothers & Other Lovers, Compelling Art

June 14, 2015

What makes compelling art? Why do I find this image of mother and child, and the ones below, so powerful and …

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To Mother the World

May 10, 2015

The novel I am working on is about relationships between mothers and children and all the ways that is expressed, …

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Turning Anger into Action, in Ferguson and Elsewhere

November 25, 2014

I am so angry at the outcome in Ferguson, that there was no indictment to allow a court of law …

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Growing Up in a Haunted House

October 28, 2014

Last October I posted a series of true life tales about the hauntings, ghosts, and demons I experienced growing up, …

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Making Music Wherever We Go – The Rhymes and Rhythms that Move Us

August 3, 2014

Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross To see a fine lady upon a fine horse. Rings on her fingers …

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A Dream Within a Dream Within a . . .

April 6, 2014

My daughter’s wedding day had arrived and everything that could go wrong went wrong.  We arrived at the church only …

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Rants and Rage and a Bright Rush of Wings

March 20, 2014

The last few posts I’ve tried to write, again and again, disintegrated into dark rants and rages. Rants against a …

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Pushing Through the Fear and Self-Doubt

February 20, 2014

A new blogger wrote the following post, which I love.  I hope you will support her efforts by clicking on the link …

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“Perfect Love” – An Antidote for All that Ails Us

December 20, 2013

The highest common denominator for all spiritual practices and religious teachings, as I’ve come to understand, is Love. That is, …

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Houseless, not Homeless

December 13, 2013

Once when I was part of an effort to end homelessness in our community, one of the participants who had …

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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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