True Ghost Stories, Part II – Attack of the Poltergeist
It’s a blessing I think now that I never knew as a child that a woman whose blood still stained …
Category Archives: Writing
True Ghost Stories, Part One – Growing Up in a Haunted House
As Halloween draws near, I will be posting a series of true life tales about the hauntings, ghosts, and demons I …
13 Ways of Looking at Dying, Just Before, and the Moment After
This is the title of a short story I wrote that was published in the Fall Issue of Cobalt Review. …
Blogging and “The Accident of Touching”
These are the last lines of a poem I wrote long ago. The accident of touching is so rare! Sometimes …
Emily Dickinson, Blogger Extraordinaire
I cannot help wondering whether Emily Dickinson, that famous recluse, would not have been an avid blogger if she had …
Unwanted Solicitor, or Failing to See Humanity Behind the Hand
Unwanted Solicitor, or Failing to see Humanity Behind the Hand by Deborah J. Brasket He stood there, a youth from …
Wedding Power with Love on Labor Day
I used to write a labor column for the Santa Maria Times back in the late 90’s. The theme was …
“Writing from the Underbelly” – My Revamped Website
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 …
The Joy of Aging
Oliver Sacks wrote a piece for the New York Times last month called “The Joy of Old Age (No Kidding!)”. It ended …
Epitaph for a Tombstone – Exploring Infinity
I came across this recently, something I wrote years and years ago. So much has changed since then, but not …
