by Kelli Donley | Mar 16, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, Kitchen Talk
Dear Fin, Guess who returned Friday? The Malawian/Aussie golfer roomie — Matt. He’s back to make another go of the professional golfing world in Arizona and now I have someone to cook for on a regular basis. {His family took care of me on the tea estate in...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 14, 2009 | Earth Mama, Happy Hippie, Journal
{I am going to uncharacteristically swear like a sailor in this post; consider it thoroughly influenced by dear Finny, the gardener who got me interested in all this mother of sweet holy moses nonsense in the first place. If you don’t like the f-bomb, take...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 13, 2009 | Journal
Me*, Sugar Ray and my college-friend Nicole, backstage at That Damn Show in 1998. My friend Eric recently emailed this photo and I honestly don’t remember meeting Mark McGrath. We were at a big concert in Phoenix under the guise of covering the music for the...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 12, 2009 | Journal
I’ve had amazing women guide my life, and my grandmother is at the top of the list. She’s a heroine for a dozen reasons, but this week namely for taking such good care of these characters: My great-uncle John and grandfather, respectively. We came home...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 11, 2009 | Arizona, Happy Hippie, Journal
Work is going so well, but I’m finding I don’t have enough time to get everything done I’d like to accomplish. On the home front, the garden is being watered, the laundry folded, the dishes washed. With ultimate frisbee tonight and a fair amount of...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 10, 2009 | Arizona, Community, Earth Mama, Goals, Happy Hippie
When Sarah arrived Friday night, we were both secretly a bit worried about our bloggy-friend adventure. Have you ever gone to the airport to pick someone up and had to look for an avatar? Yes, well, Friday was a first for me. But I knew somehow that having a friend...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 9, 2009 | Africa, Arizona, Community, handmade, Happy Hippie
My father jokes that if there is an African in the room, I can find and befriend him in no time flat. It seems whereever I go, I can find a friendly African face. This weekend, for example, I met Abdullah at the Scottsdale Farmer’s Market. If you are guessing...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 8, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, June Cleaver, Sew Along
Phew. Finished just in time for Sarah’s visit. I enjoyed the basket project for our CRAFT along, but want to try it with thicker rope next time. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Mar 6, 2009 | Arizona, Community, Faith, Goals, Happy Hippie
Phase I of the community garden at Asbury UMC is a citrus orchard. Last week I convinced 18 folk to adopt a tree for the grove. Our goal is another 7 sold this week so we have 25 to plant on Arbor Day– March 20th. Our congregation is excited about the project...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 5, 2009 | Goals, Good to Great, Journal
Remember those 2009 resolutions I set two months ago? In an accountability measure, I’m checking in to see how things are progressing. The novel published. Nope. Haven’t done a darn thing. Not sure what my road block is with this. I want it more than...
