What I do
After working full-time in corporate finance for more than two decades and as a part-time freelance writer and editor for 10 years, I finally made the long overdue plunge into writing and editing on a full time basis. I now write for several local/regional community based newspapers and the occasional magazine.
To contact me, please send an e-mail to: sphiel@shariphiel.com
Who I am
After graduating from the University of Montana in Missoula with a bachelor's degree in English and Creative Writing, I then moved to eastern Wyoming where I lived for a little over a year. Realizing I needed to be closer to a larger community, I moved to Boulder County, Colorado where I am fortunate to share my home with a very loving and overly active dog and a terrifyingly ferocious cat.
What I like
Aside from spending what little time I have available with my pets, I am an avid (or is that rabid?) flyfisher. When the rivers freeze over and it become too cold to stand in shallow creeks, I like to snowshoe and hike.
This is Pickles, a four-year-old Maltese. This pose was for an article on developing pet manners or "pet-iquette". I call him my "Posable Barbie"-dog. Just put him in a position and he stays that way. I know this picture is just wrong on so many levels, but I just couldn't help it.
And then there is Pyewacket. One of the sweetest, and certainly the largest, cats I've ever known. This was taken when she was just eight weeks old and weighed barely over one pound. Now a year old, she weighs in at more than 15 pounds and is still climbing -- not just in weight but the walls (literally) as well.
"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace." - Milan Kundera
Please contact me via email at sphiel@shariphiel.com.
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