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Shifting Life

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Shifting Life by Phebe Phillips

It’s been months now, maybe even close to a year as we renovate new space, closeout our places in Dallas, and relocate. This transition hasn’t been fast or easy, but it has been magnificently worth it. In Dallas, as I sit in bed at night reading I hear planes landing at Love Field, cars with […]

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, […]

Simple Flowers for Your Table

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Here’s what will be on my Thanksgiving table.  I know, we’ve seen this everywhere, but I wanted to remind you it’s still an easy, pretty look. There’s a natural beauty to simple flower arrangements.  I’ve sat at dinner tables where flower arrangements were so tall, I could barely see the person across from me.  I’ve […]

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 […]

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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 podcast—dedicated to the preservation of vintage books and writings with cats as main characters, bringing their awareness into the modern form of a podcast. Available on all podcast platforms.

The Literary CatCast Podcast

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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