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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: sailboat

La Gitana, My Larger Self

March 2, 2020

When I first started this blog eight years ago, I had planned on using it as a vehicle for writing …

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Water with a Razor’s Edge

July 24, 2017

One of my favorite pastimes when we were sailing was watching the wake the boat made slipping through still waters. …

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La Gitana, Our Larger Self – Sea Saga, Part V

March 30, 2013

We named her “La Gitana,” Spanish for the gypsy, partly in tribute to our family’s Spanish heritage, partly because sea gypsies …

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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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