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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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A Walk to Point San Simeon

March 19, 2015

Recently my husband and I and friends took our dogs walking out to Point San Simeon, just below Hearst Castle …

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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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Living Life Through a Lens, What We Gain and Lose

July 27, 2013

How much of our lives do we view through a narrow lens, whether through the lens of a camera, our …

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Redwoods and Waterfalls – Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

March 3, 2013

One of my favorite places to visit is the Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in Big Sur, a two-hour drive …

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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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Sea, Sky, Earth, Fire–My Daughter on Her Wedding Day

January 20, 2013

She was married beneath a cliff on the edge of the sea standing barefoot on the rocky beach.  Barking seals …

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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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