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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: Love

Heat & Heart, A Valentine for Lovers

February 14, 2022

1. I crush her against me. I want to be part of her. Not just inside her but all around …

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“Isn’t It a Pity,” A Fitting Duet for MLK Day

January 17, 2022

If you’ve never heard Nina Simone’s version of George Harrison’s song “Isn’t it a Pity,” I can’t think of a …

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You Don’t Have to Love Them, Just Love

September 13, 2021

A man lamented to an Elder in his Church that try as he might, he could not love his hyper-critical, …

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A Sultry Simone Sunday

August 22, 2021

I first become aware of jazz singer Nina Simone when I watched the film Before Sunrise, with a young Ethan …

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The Art of Mothering on Mothers Day

May 9, 2021

Margarita Sikorskaia 1968, St. Petersburg, Russia My understanding of what “mothering” is, or could be, was hugely influenced by this …

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A New Tenderness Toward This Body

May 3, 2021

Crossroads by Louise Glück My body, now that we will not be traveling together much longerI begin to feel a …

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Memoir of a Marriage, Part V – Lasting Love

April 25, 2021

They say opposites attract. That was true when my husband and I first met. I found in him everything I …

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Memoir of a Marriage, Part IV – Love Lost & Love Renewed

April 22, 2021

Not long after I decided to leave my husband I met someone new. I was working part-time at a book …

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Memoir of a Marriage, Part III – Disappointed Love

April 19, 2021

When I first fell in love, it was a hot thing—urgent, possessive, almost feverish at times. I truly saw love …

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Memoir of a Marriage, Part II – Erotic Love

April 15, 2021

photo here In celebration of April as National Poetry Month and our 50th wedding anniversary (yes, I was a child …

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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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