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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Nature

Chopin’s Nocturnes Tinkling the Keys of Consciousness

October 4, 2021

I spent Sunday morning in bed with my coffee listening to Chopin’s complete nocturnes playing on my phone beside me. …

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“Back to the Garden” with Stardust and Irises

June 6, 2021

This painting is considered by many as Van Gogh’s finest floral, and one of the only two paintings he chose …

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Ding-Dong, The Witch Is Dead!

May 30, 2021

Like many living in rural areas, my husband and I enjoy watching the show that nature puts on outside our …

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A Magical Day at San Simeon Bay

February 28, 2021

Dale and I spent a magical day recently at San Simeon Bay along Highway 1, just below Hearst Castle on …

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Will Salmon Swim Upstream Through City Streets?

February 7, 2021

Once Upon a Time, A Poem In an eon, will Trumpism portend another Troy, a Trojan horse whose armies eviscerated …

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Still Open to the Beauty of the World

February 1, 2021

“Your cold mornings are filled with the heartache about the fact that although we are not at ease in this …

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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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A Secret Garden for My Granddaughter

September 13, 2020

I’m painting again, thanks to my granddaughter. She turns 8 years old next week and custom ordered two paintings for …

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Landscapes of the Mind – Six Singular Experiences

September 7, 2020

It’s all about the mind, of course. All experience filters through it, the outward and inner, nature and the art …

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Wildfires Everywhere, Literally and Politically

August 22, 2020

That unusual thunderstorm I wrote about last week brought more than 1200 lightening strikes that forked across California causing 560 …

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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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