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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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The Beauty of Blogging – A Tribute to Fellow Bloggers and Followers

November 19, 2012

I discovered a whole new beautiful world when I began blogging four months ago. Until then I’d only read “professional” …

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Hot Hills in Summer Heat

September 17, 2012

“I watch them every summer, the hot hills crouched like a lion beside the road. I see the strength—tawny skin …

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When Women Were Birds & Murmurations

September 15, 2012

I wanted to share this, a beautifully written post about women and writing and a review of Terry Tempest Williams’ book …

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Wild Poet Talking Nerdy, Matthew Dickman

September 2, 2012

I stumbled across him by accident.  One thing led to another and another, the way it often happens surfing the internet. …

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Walking Among Flowers

August 20, 2012

Out of the dark blue sea rose a lush-green mountain ribboned with cascading waterfalls.This was what we saw after 29 …

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“Redwood Speech, Watershed Prayers”

July 26, 2012

The following essay by Francis Weller captures so much of what I feel about nature, the natural habitat in which …

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Swimming Among the Stars

July 23, 2012

Last night I swam among the stars. The air and water temperatures were both 78 degrees, so it felt like I …

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Living on the Edge of the Wild

July 12, 2012

I created this blog to explore what it means to be living on the edge of the wild. We all …

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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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