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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Is the Universe a Gift or a Prayer Answered?

June 8, 2025

I’m sharing some poetry by Paul Wittenberger that struck me with their beauty and depth and the questions they raise …

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“When Things Go Missing” – How Absence Shapes Our Lives

May 18, 2025

Since May has been proclaimed both National Short Story Month and National Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, …

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I Know Nothing But Miracles

October 28, 2024

Miracles by Walt Whitman Why, who makes much of a miracle?As to me I know of nothing else but miracles,Whether …

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Paintings Too Beautiful To Touch

June 2, 2024

Imaginary Paintings by Lisel Mueller 1. How I would Paint the Future A strip of horizon and a figure,seen from the …

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10,000 Thank-You’s! A Blogging Milepost

December 16, 2018

I have so many things to be grateful for, not least among them the ten-thousand people who, for whatever reason, …

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This Moment Is Too Important to Sit Out

November 4, 2018

I’ve tried my best to steer clear of politics on this blog. I spent too many years in the trenches …

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The Classical Grammys – Powerful Instrumental Performances

January 29, 2018

Did you watch the Grammys this year? Any favorites among the winners and nominees? Here are some Grammy winners and …

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Making Room for all My Loves – Music, Art, Writing

September 21, 2017

A year and a half ago I blogged about Learning to Play (Again) and wrote this I played piano as …

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Alan Watts and David Lindberg – Why Your Life Is Not A Journey

December 3, 2016

Originally posted on Zen Flash:
I loved this and thought you would too. A poignant reminder of how life is a dance not a journey. …

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Music is More Feeling than Sound

May 7, 2016

From “Peter Quince at the Clavier” by Wallace Stevens. Just as my fingers on these keys Make music, so the …

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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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