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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: Marriage

55 Years and Still Celebrating

April 30, 2025

Years ago I wrote a series of posts called Memoir of a Marriage in Poetry, exploring married love in all …

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On Herds, Husbands & Being in Love

September 29, 2024

Serendipity, it’s sometimes called. Those happy coincidences that lead to some unexpected pleasure or insight. Or synchronicity. Those meaningful encounters …

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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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Memoir of a Marriage in Poetry, Part I – Innocent Love

April 12, 2021

In celebration of April as National Poetry Month and our 50th wedding anniversary (yes, I was a child bride), I’ll …

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Happy Valentines Day – Celebrating Lasting Love

February 14, 2015

I’m reprinting a post I wrote two years ago, the first to be Freshly Pressed. Hope you enjoy it. They …

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“The Mountain of My Love” – Poem by Hayden Carruth

November 11, 2014

In the graduation speech that went viral last year, George Saunders wrote: “Most people, as they age, become less selfish and more …

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On Herds, Husbands & Riffing on Writing

June 30, 2014

Serendipity, it’s sometimes called. Those happy coincidences that lead to some unexpected pleasure or insight. Or synchronicity. Those meaningful encounters …

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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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