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
“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
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
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 […]