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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: children

Major Life Changes – Writing with Toddlers (or not)

June 27, 2015

Funny how life plays these little tricks on you. When my own children were toddlers, I put my writing aspirations …

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Mothers & Other Lovers, Compelling Art

June 14, 2015

What makes compelling art? Why do I find this image of mother and child, and the ones below, so powerful and …

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To Mother the World

May 10, 2015

The novel I am working on is about relationships between mothers and children and all the ways that is expressed, …

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Making Music Wherever We Go – The Rhymes and Rhythms that Move Us

August 3, 2014

Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross To see a fine lady upon a fine horse. Rings on her fingers …

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Sailing with Kids into the Unknown, Continuation of Sea Saga, Part VI

July 3, 2013

This post is a continuation of the article I wrote about long-distance sailing with children that I wrote long ago …

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Sea Saga, Part VI — Cruising with Kids, Dream or Nightmare?

June 30, 2013

The following is an article published in Latitude 38 many years ago. I’m reprinting it here as part of our Sea …

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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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