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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: grandparenting

Blasts From the Past—Summer Bliss

July 2, 2023

When we swim we shed our higher consciousness, the complex, reasoning human organism, and remember, deep inside ourselves, the first …

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A Secret Garden for My Granddaughter

September 13, 2020

I’m painting again, thanks to my granddaughter. She turns 8 years old next week and custom ordered two paintings for …

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Home Schooling Again, & Who’s the Boss?

March 23, 2020

I home-schooled my two children for six years when we were sailing around the world on La Gitana. And now, …

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“I’m Praying for You, To Die”

February 10, 2020

I get this message about once a week from my granddaughter’s mother. It goes into great detail about the pain …

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From Pete the Cat: It’s All Good

October 14, 2019

One of the joys of grandparenting is revisiting stories I loves to read my own children and sharing them with …

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Life’s Sweet Longing for Itself

October 3, 2019

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through …

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Chaos Can Take a Hike

September 1, 2019

I wrote the following post For Love of Chaos in August three years ago, when I had my little three …

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Resting in the Grace of the World

August 18, 2019

“When despair for the world grows in me, and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear …

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Secluded Pool, Secret Garden, & Summer Plans Gone Astray

July 7, 2019

I haven’t been painting as much this year, but I thought I’d share these two. Both were meant to be …

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Primary Wonder, Age Three

April 13, 2016

Primary Wonder, Age Three Walking with our granddaughter Whispering and waving Our wings Sniffing for bats. What do you smell …

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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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