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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Blogging

“I See You But Do You See Me?” – Artist Marc Clamage, Bearing Witness

June 11, 2014

Since my last post, I discovered another artist who refuses to turn away. He bears witness one face at a time by …

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“Wake Up Amazed” by Kaze Gadway

May 14, 2014

Sometimes I come across a blog post that I just have to share. The excerpt below is from Kazegadway – …

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In Limbo, While Live Lambs Burn

May 2, 2014

I won’t be writing here for awhile. Probably. Maybe. I don’t know. I’ve started several blog posts but can’t finish …

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“Thank You”

November 25, 2013

“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” – Meister Eckhart …

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Blogging and “The Accident of Touching”

September 17, 2013

These are the last lines of a poem I wrote long ago. The accident of touching is so rare! Sometimes …

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Emily Dickinson, Blogger Extraordinaire

September 14, 2013

I cannot help wondering whether Emily Dickinson, that famous recluse, would not have been an avid blogger if she had …

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“Writing from the Underbelly” – My Revamped Website

August 29, 2013

I’ve been busy recently re-vamping my writers website at http://www.djbrasket.com, as well as creating a Facebook Author page, and setting …

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Living on the Edge of the Wild

July 11, 2013

Originally posted on Deborah J. Brasket, Author:
I created this blog to explore what it means to be living on the edge of…

Sweet Satisfaction

March 17, 2013

There’s a sweet satisfaction in being recognized by your peers for something you love to do. I’ve been honored recently …

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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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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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