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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Travelers on a Cosmic Journey

March 25, 2024

We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies andwhirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal.We have …

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Joy Not Shared, Dies Young

March 11, 2024

A lovely reminder from Anne Sexton to share our joys–the simple pleasures of life. So I’m sharing with you her …

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Traveling Below the Border: Costa Rica, Ecotourism, and Politics

January 28, 2024

I’ll be traveling to Costa Rica tomorrow to spend two weeks exploring one of the most beautiful and biodiverse countries …

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A Kind of Love: How the Cup Holds Tea

January 23, 2024

I’ve been thinking about this poem ever since I found it on The Vale of the Soul-Making. The way ordinary …

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Blessings–For the Ear, For the Eye, & For You

November 20, 2023

Can’t you hear the laughter of the children, the slap of running feet, the rush and tumble of the waves? …

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The Poetry That Saves Us

November 12, 2023

During these troubled times, the wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine, when our hearts are broken and we feel so …

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The Desire for a Higher Lovemaking

October 2, 2023

I was struck by the phrase “a desire for a higher lovemaking” when reading Goethe’s poem “The Holy Longing.” It …

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A Deer Screams — Beauty & Brutality at Home and the Hills of Vietnam

September 11, 2023

The most horrifying sound I’ve ever heard came one night soon after we moved here.  A scream of pure terror …

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Seamless Being, A Poem

August 20, 2023

Seamless Being I’m not sure what there is to say anymore about being me,Who I am-was-will-be.We flow together seamlesslyWithout end. …

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Summering Upstream with Mary Oliver

August 8, 2023

Slowly this summer I’ve been reading and savoring Mary Oliver’s book of essays Upstream while sitting on my patio sipping …

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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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