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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Political

A Young Poet and Rapper Throw Light on the State of Our Union

January 24, 2021

“A Return to Joy!” That’s what I was going to blog about today after watching the horror of the January …

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“The Fierce Urgency of Now”: Dismantling the Big Lie, Bridging the Big Divides

January 18, 2021

Like so many Americans, I’ve been struggling these past twelve days to wrap my mind around what happened on January …

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Joy Amid the Turmoil: A 2020 Recap

December 28, 2020

The year 2020 may have been the most turbulent year any of us have ever known. Blogging in such a …

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The United States of Trump: A Fantasy

December 14, 2020

Forgive me for fantasizing. With so many Trump followers now calling for succession after their loss in the Supreme Court, …

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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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