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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Wild Life

A Deer Screams — Beauty & Brutality at Home and the Hills of Vietnam

September 11, 2023

The most horrifying sound I’ve ever heard came one night soon after we moved here.  A scream of pure terror …

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Other-Worldly Encounters with a Feral Cat

August 8, 2022

She sauntered into our yard about a month ago, this young orange tabby with a white bib. Her gaze passed …

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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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Into the Wild – On Safari in Africa

July 2, 2017

My brother and his wife have had a life-long love affair with the wildlife and habitats of southern Africa. So …

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Bee Karma

September 9, 2012

Last year the oak trees behind our pool were alive with buzzing bees.  Always, at any time of day or …

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Sea Saga, Part III – First Stop in Paradise, the Virgin Islands

August 26, 2012

“This is where it all begins,” Dale whispers to me we take off, rising through layers of clouds thick as …

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Waterholes in the Wild and the Backyard

August 13, 2012

Waterholes, whether in the wild or the backyard, are natural gathering places for wildlife and people who like to watch …

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Night Howls

July 31, 2012

Last month around this time when the moon was full, our nights were filled with howling. Almost every night we …

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The Wildness of Water

July 17, 2012

Now that the weather has warmed and heated our pool, Dale and I go swimming every afternoon. It’s not just …

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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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