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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Writing

Writing, A Leap of Faith

June 30, 2025

Writing—or any creative endeavor—to some extent is a leap of faith and a huge personal risk: Faith that what you …

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Re-Awakened to a World of Wonder

June 22, 2025

The whole purpose of life, as I see it, this extraordinary experience in being, is to be awake to the …

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Is the Universe a Gift or a Prayer Answered?

June 8, 2025

I’m sharing some poetry by Paul Wittenberger that struck me with their beauty and depth and the questions they raise …

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Books that Changed My Life and the Way I Write

June 1, 2025

What books were most influential in shaping the way you think and write today? It’s a question I asked myself …

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“When Things Go Missing” – How Absence Shapes Our Lives

May 18, 2025

Since May has been proclaimed both National Short Story Month and National Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, …

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55 Years and Still Celebrating

April 30, 2025

Years ago I wrote a series of posts called Memoir of a Marriage in Poetry, exploring married love in all …

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Tending Beauty in an Uncertain World

April 21, 2025

Like many of you, I struggle to balance myself in this uncertain world where the rule of law and so …

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Nothing But Miracles in the Backyard & Beyond

April 14, 2025

This spring as I’m walking around the yard, capturing all the beauty I see on film, I’m reminded of Walt …

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Creating a Cover: When Things Go Missing

March 30, 2025

I’m excited to show you the cover of my new novel! It was created by Owen Gent, a talented artist …

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Mud-Luscious Spring with Cummings and Klee

March 23, 2025

What better way to welcome our mud-luscious Spring into the world again than with the glee-scrumptious poetry and paintings 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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