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Healthy Banana Cream Pie

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Easy, No Bake Vegan Fruit Pie

This is one of the easiest, no baking required, pop-it-in-the-freezer, vegan banana pie. I found the recipe on an Instagram post from, nutrition_facts_org.  After making it and posting this photo on FaceBook I’ve had several recipe requests, so here it is on the blog for easy finding. If you want to receive short videos of […]

Leaving the City for Nature

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Leaving the city for Nature

“It’s time to leave the city.” I never thought I would write or say these words, but here they are. We’re headed East, into the Deep Piney Woods of East Texas. As I’ve always said, “I’m from the Upper East Side. Oh, no silly—not New York, Texas!“ Last year we bought acres to build on, […]

Organizing the Past, and Walking the Remainder to the Trash

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Piper the Puppy old marketing materials being organized into a memory book.

How are you dealing with piles of past paper work and memories? When my business ended I was left with 27-years of line sheets, ads, customer letters, photos, and a plethora of memories and marketing material. Ten-years-ago, I spent a weekend stuffing them into drawers, cabinets and boxes at my studio. We’re moving from the […]

cottonmouth, a poem by Phebe Phillips

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Photo for the blog post about the poem, cottonmouth

I’ve been working on a book of poetry and essay about the sweetness of growing up in East Texas in the 1960s. So far, the working title is, Upper East Side of The Pines. Afterall, I did grow up on the Upper East Side—oh, not New York, I’m talking about Texas! This poem, cottonmouth is […]

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Phebe Phillips, 2021, Podcaster, Cat Lover, Poet, Storyteller

Phebe Phillips is best known for whimsical plush toys that filled the shelves of Neiman Marcus, FAO, and many fine retailers for 25-years. Today, she creates The Literary Catcast Podcast—dedicated to the preservation of vintage books and writings with cats as main characters, bringing them into the modern awareness of a podcast. She has books in the works, and is a felt artist. She and her husband left the city of Dallas in 2023 to live deep in the woods of North East Texas. They have seven cats, many raccoons, opossums, and deer.

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Phebe’s book: Why Me? Positive Verse for Loss & Sadness

Phebe's book: Why Me? Positive Verse for Loss & Sadness.

Phebe’s book, in Spanish / English combo language.

Phebe's book: Why Me?Positive Verse for Loss & Sadness, in Spanish.

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