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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: Politics

The Personal & Political, Past & Present

October 18, 2020

Years ago, in what seems like another life time, I wrote a political column called “Taking Care of Labor” in …

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Grieving for America, and Getting Past It

September 27, 2020

I found this quote by Mary Oliver in a recent blog post and it struck a chord. Ah, world, what …

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Wildfires Everywhere, Literally and Politically

August 22, 2020

That unusual thunderstorm I wrote about last week brought more than 1200 lightening strikes that forked across California causing 560 …

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Still Waiting to Land . . . .

August 16, 2020

Last summer brought an abundance of roses, so many I did not have enough vases to hold them all. And …

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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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Steeling Myself for Tomorrow: The Day After the Election

November 6, 2018

Recently, in a morbid mood, I told my husband that if the Democrats do not win back the House I …

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This Moment Is Too Important to Sit Out

November 4, 2018

I’ve tried my best to steer clear of politics on this blog. I spent too many years in the trenches …

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“Truth & Love Wins” Redux

December 18, 2017

I am happy to report that at least in one very narrow slice of life, truth and love has indeed …

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“Truth and Love Wins”

November 12, 2017

This has become my mantra in recent months: ‘Truth and Love wins.” It’s what gets me through the day when …

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Martin Luther King, Jr. on Love, Power, and Economic Justice

January 16, 2017

Celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King days before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the …

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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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