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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Oak Trees

Listen to the Trees, a Sermon from Hermann Hesse

May 19, 2024

I came across the following essay about “preacher trees” from Hermann Hesse and thought I’d share it with you along …

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The Green Fuse that Drives the Flowers

April 7, 2024

The green fuse that Dylan Thomas wrote about in “The force that through the green fuse drives the flower” is …

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Exploring the Deer Paths Behind My Home

December 4, 2020

I spent a lovely morning recently exploring some of the deer paths behind our home, stopping to take photos along …

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New Paintings, Trees and More Trees

October 21, 2018

Three new paintings, part of my forest series, I suppose, but really just playing with styles and possibilities. All three …

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New Paintings – Tangled Limbs, Roots & Rocks

May 16, 2018

I haven’t been painting this year as much as last. But I wanted to share a few that will probably …

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Nothing Is Holier than a Beautiful, Strong Tree

February 17, 2016

  Recently a woman sent me a message on Facebook, commenting on my cover photo of the “glorious” tree roots …

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Walking in a Green-Winter Wonderland

February 1, 2015

Here on the central coast of California, we look forward to a green, rather than white, Christmas. While we love …

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My Roman Oaks

April 17, 2014

Recently we had visitors who had just returned from Italy. We talked of how easily you can stumble upon ancient …

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A Walk to the River

February 11, 2013

We walked to the river recently, my husband and I and our little dog Mitsy. A short hike down a canyon …

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A Frosty, Sunlit Morning Walk

January 7, 2013

Yesterday when I woke the frost was so heavy on the grassy meadow behind our house it looked like a …

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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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