Silent Generation Archives - Hal Phillips

Golf Shoe History: Kilties & Conformity from the Man Whom Clothes Never Made

Hal Phillips — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 20:15:10 +0000

[August 12, 2019] — Recalling my father, one should know that he abided by few fashion trends and set even fewer. However, on the 8th anniversary of his pasing, l will claim on his behalf one initiative to which he proved an early and canny adopter: He depised kilties. His aversion to those oddly fringed, […]

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America’s Silent Generation: Strauss, Howe, Draper, Pirsig & My Dad

Hal Phillips — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 03:24:23 +0000

NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine (Aug. 9, 2017) — I try to write about my Silent Generation dad each August because, at the close of that month, six years ago, he left this mortal coil. All too soon. For most of his 74 years, my dad recognized himself as a Tweener, someone who didn’t belong to a […]

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