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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: Costa Rica

Touching and Being Touched: The Rainforests of Costa Rica

February 29, 2024

The presence of the world is precisely the presence of its flesh to my flesh. –Maurice Merleau-Ponty, from The Visible …

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Costa Rica: A Gem Among a Trail of Tears

February 21, 2024

How did Costa Rica escape the fate of its neighbors? How does this haven of democracy (devoid a standing army) …

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Traveling Below the Border: Costa Rica, Ecotourism, and Politics

January 28, 2024

I’ll be traveling to Costa Rica tomorrow to spend two weeks exploring one of the most beautiful and biodiverse countries …

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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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