Browsing Archive: July, 2009

INTRODUCING SAGAN

Posted by Philip F. on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, In : My Animal Friends 
By the time we moved back to Maine from NY, we were down to 3 wolfhounds and Callie. Then, just before we moved, a "friend" brought over a border collie pup-that was mean as my wife is a sucker for pups. Having lost 10 dogs over the years-all, except one, to age, the idea of more dogs was not my favorite topic. Obviously, with so many dogs, it was hard to get away for any long stretch. Also, at the time we had 7 horses (another story for later), chickens, goats, etc.  But, a cute puppy was no...
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CALLIE

Posted by Philip F. on Sunday, July 26, 2009, In : My Animal Friends 
Animals have been a major part of my life since the 80's.  I will share some of our adventures and photos of these wonderful friends.
Meet Callie. She is 8. When we lived in way Upstate NY, near Canada, Callie plopped into our lives. Keeping in mind that at the time we had 13 very large wolfhounds. Callie was very small. It was the day before Thanksgiving, and lightly snowing.  Deb went out to get some stuff in the a.m. and said there was a little dog at the end of the drive-which was 1,000 ...
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A BIT MORE HISTORY

Posted by Philip F. on Saturday, July 25, 2009, In : High School 
I was born in Rockland, Massachusetts and lived there until the 6th grade. We then moved to an adjacent town, Abington, where I completed my high school education.  I did the class president thing but was not the most popular student. Actually, I was voted 'most respected' in my yearbook and the motto assigned to me was. 'doing and saying the nastiest things in the nicest way.'

One of my most memorable experiences was when a friend and I skipped school to go into Boston to march with Dr. Mar...
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SOME THOUGHTS ON WRITING

Posted by Philip F. on Friday, July 24, 2009, In : MY BLOG 
Even though thousands of great books are published daily, writing is rapidly changing and becoming a lost art.  I will use this blog to comment on not just my writing, but also about what I feel is right and wrong in the world of literature.  I hope to get a little personal here, also.  Maybe introduce some of my family, talk about influences on my life, where I've been, what I've done and just share a little about me, beyond the formal bio.

   




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Philip F. Harris
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