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How to Store Dry Beans and Grains

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This video is about getting through the possible inconvenience of the next few years, not apocalyptic food storage. Let’s go through this time with nutritious foods you know how to cook, and like to eat. I think it’s time to start channelling my Grandmothers. Since I don’t have them, I’m learning from two homesteaders. I […]

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 […]

A Case for Cat Siblings

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Photo of a line of kittens nursing

It’s kitten season! Have you ever thought about getting a cat—maybe one cat? I can make a good case for getting two cats, and keeping siblings together. Years ago I didn’t think this mattered much. I thought, cats are cats—they’re adaptable, flexible, able to take care of themselves. Today, very little that I believed a […]

Grateful

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A pumpkin and the word grateful on the cover image of the Thanksgiving 2020 blog of Phebe Phillips

Happy Thanksgiving! We have each learned a lot this year, and probably found gratitude for some unexpected things. Mac and I send you our best wishes for this holiday season. Here are links to a few past posts that may be helpful to you this season. Tulips on the Table My Favorite Cranberry Sauce What […]

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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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