Waking Up in an Alternate Reality

November 9, 2016

I woke this morning feeling as if I had been tossed from the real world into an alternate universe–where Trump …

Soul-Searching in a Sea of Images

October 26, 2016

I stayed up late last night, way past my bed time, searching Pinterest for images to save to my boards.It …

July 30, 2015

Is it possible to find peace in the midst of chaos? An early Chinese poet asks and answers this question. …

December 4, 2014

I’ve been ill–nothing serious–but lying in bed day after day, even surrounded by good books, tends toward melancholy. Reading Mary …

August 28, 2014

One of the things I love about Annie Dillard’s book “The Writing Life” is how it addresses both the drudgery and …

August 18, 2014

I read Annie Dillard’s book “The Writing Life” years ago and reread it recently. It was a huge inspiration to …

February 20, 2014

A new blogger wrote the following post, which I love. I hope you will support her efforts by clicking on the link …

August 23, 2013

Oliver Sacks wrote a piece for the New York Times last month called “The Joy of Old Age (No Kidding!)”. It ended …

July 11, 2013

Originally posted on Deborah J. Brasket, Author:
I created this blog to explore what it means to be living on the edge of…