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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Love

Within the White Hot Flow of Writing

May 31, 2018

That’s where I am. Where I love to be. I began a new novel almost as soon as I finished …

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“To Be Replaced by Love” – George Saunders’ Wish for Graduates

May 28, 2018

With graduation season upon us, I thought I’d re-share the most inspiring graduation speech I ever read. One by the …

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Mothering the World, A Tall Order

May 13, 2018

My novel From the Far Ends of the Earth is about relationships between mothers and children and all the ways …

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A Walk on the Wild Side – For People Who Love Addicts

February 19, 2018

A few years ago I started an anonymous blog with the above title to talk about addiction. About trying to …

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“Truth & Love Wins” Redux

December 18, 2017

I am happy to report that at least in one very narrow slice of life, truth and love has indeed …

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“Truth and Love Wins”

November 12, 2017

This has become my mantra in recent months: ‘Truth and Love wins.” It’s what gets me through the day when …

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13 Ways of Looking at Dying, Just Before, and the Moment After

October 10, 2017

My mother died seven years ago this month, which is also the month I was born. I wrote a short …

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In the Mood for Love, in Music and Art

September 15, 2017

Some favorite pairings in music and art to start your weekend off. I fell in love with this hauntingly sad-sweet …

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Playing with Abstracts, Loving the Process

August 13, 2017

I was surprised by how much I love painting abstracts. Just playing with color, design, textures is so freeing and …

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Stepping Barefoot into Reality with D.T. Suzuki

August 3, 2017

I love this photo of the Zen sage D.T Suzuki. He was one of my first “gurus” if I, or …

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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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