Tremble of a Leaf, Balancing Interior and Exterior Lives
I wrote this poem as a grad student while living in that highly interior world of academia. I’d been feeling …
Category Archives: Writing
Living on the Edge of the Wild
Originally posted on Deborah J. Brasket, Author:
I created this blog to explore what it means to be living on the edge of…
Sailing with Kids into the Unknown, Continuation of Sea Saga, Part VI
This post is a continuation of the article I wrote about long-distance sailing with children that I wrote long ago …
Sea Saga, Part VI — Cruising with Kids, Dream or Nightmare?
The following is an article published in Latitude 38 many years ago. I’m reprinting it here as part of our Sea …
Song of Me and Mine
Tonight as we marvel at the summer solstice super-moon, our family will be celebrating our daughter’s birthday. In remembrance of this lovely event, …
The Pieta and the Writer’s Palette
It’s been said that for the writer the blank page is our canvas and words our paint. But I don’t …
The Art of Sohan Qadri – Tapping into the Unconscious
When I first encountered one of Sohan Qadri’s paintings, I was plunged like a pebble into a still pool, radiating ripples …
Into the Flow, Mountain Top and Market Place Experiences
Have you ever felt being in the flow of things? That optimum experience that many athletes and artists feel when …
Lightness of Being, Unbearable and Otherwise
I fell in love with the title of Milan Kundera’s novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” before I ever read …
“When Things Go Missing,” Piecing the Puzzle Together
Short stories are getting a lot of love lately. May has been proclaimed National Short Story Month. Others have dubbed …
