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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Celebrating Poetry: Blown Away By Matthew Dickman

April 13, 2017

In celebration of April as the National Month of Poetry, I’ve been looking back at posts on poetry that I’ve …

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My Art or My Novel. Which Would You Choose?

March 16, 2017

Someone asked me recently what I loved more, my painting or my writing? Or, she added, is that like trying …

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Dare I Share? Paintings in Progress

February 21, 2017

Family and friends have been asking me to show them some of the watercolors I’ve been working on, so I …

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Blogging A Trail of Bread Crumbs – 2014 Recap

January 9, 2015

Blog posts are like a trail of bread crumbs leading you back through a misty past. They tell you where …

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On Herds, Husbands & Riffing on Writing

June 30, 2014

Serendipity, it’s sometimes called. Those happy coincidences that lead to some unexpected pleasure or insight. Or synchronicity. Those meaningful encounters …

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Writing on Writing – A Writing Process Blog Hop

June 16, 2014

Writers love to write about writing. It’s not surprising. It’s our passion. So when I was invited to participate in …

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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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“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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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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