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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Blogging

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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“Love After Love.” A Poem. A Feast.

August 20, 2018

Love After Love by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your …

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Blogging, Another Way of “Breaking Bread”

July 8, 2018

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

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Virtual Love-Making, Why We Blog

July 1, 2018

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

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A Walk on the Wild Side – For People Who Love Addicts

February 19, 2018

A few years ago I started an anonymous blog with the above title to talk about addiction. About trying to …

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Wrapping Up 2017, Embracing New & Old Loves

December 29, 2017

Discovering New Loves – Painting 2017 was the year I revealed my newly discovered passion for painting, and dared to …

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Touching & Being Touched, Why We Blog

October 2, 2017

  “The function of language is not to inform but to evoke . . . responses.”  So writes Jacques Lacan, …

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5 Years Blogging from the Edge of the Wild

July 9, 2017

I began this blog five years ago, in July 2012. It’s been a wild ride, and I’ve loved every minute …

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Blogging A Trail of Bread Crumbs – 2014 Recap

January 9, 2015

Blog posts are like a trail of bread crumbs leading you back through a misty past. They tell you where …

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Writing on Writing – A Writing Process Blog Hop

June 16, 2014

Writers love to write about writing. It’s not surprising. It’s our passion. So when I was invited to participate in …

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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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