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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Science

“You are the Eternal Universe” – Alan Watts

March 26, 2014

I found this amazing video “You are the Eternal Universe” on the Dionysian GENERATOR blog, where Cody describes it as “a beautiful …

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True Ghost Stories, Part VII – Do I Believe This Stuff? “You know nothing, Jon Snow”

October 31, 2013

I haven’t experienced any hauntings or paranormal activity since the “demon” sitting on my chest eventually scurried away. If you …

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The Joy of Aging

August 23, 2013

Oliver Sacks wrote a piece for the New York Times last month called “The Joy of Old Age (No Kidding!)”. It ended …

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Epitaph for a Tombstone – Exploring Infinity

August 14, 2013

I came across this recently, something I wrote years and years ago. So much has changed since then, but not …

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Personification – Infusing “I” in “Other”

April 8, 2013

The personification of nature and inanimate objects is age-old, something we humans have done as far back as we remember. …

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Is Blogging Orgasmic? More on the Science Behind Sharing

February 17, 2013

Recently I wrote about blogging as virtual “love-making,” riffing on the new science which defines love as a “micro-moment of …

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Blogging as Virtual Love-Making, And the Science Behind It

February 4, 2013

Often when I leave comments on a blog posts that moved me, I write “I love this post” or “I …

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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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