by Kelli Donley | Aug 29, 2007 | Journal, Travel
Yesterday there were nation-wide strikes in Bolivia. The people took to the streets to protest the president´s plan to remove the current supreme court and replace the justices with those he finds more agreeable. In six major cities across Bolivia, including...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 23, 2007 | Journal, Public Health, Travel
I have been meeting with our Bolivian counterparts in meetings for the last two days, and for the first time in my professional life, I feel like I´m actually bringing something to the table. I can´t put my finger on what has changed, other than I´ve been working...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 21, 2007 | Journal, Public Health, Travel
One of the more interesting aspects of my job when I travel is the food. It is customary in many cultures that as a sign of thanks, people feed you. When I arrive in teeny tiny communities high in the Andes Mountains, for example, and the village has gathered for a...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 18, 2007 | Journal, Public Health, Travel
Hi there! I¬¥ve arrived after much traveling; another one of those 36-hour trips, not including the five-hour road trip to our first site once we got off the plane. Regardless — Bolivia is as fabulous as I remember. She is refreshingly cold, full of warm, sweet...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 14, 2007 | Journal, Public Health, Travel, Uncategorized
I’m off to Bolivia for a couple weeks. I hope to check in when possible. I promise to return with a memory card full of photos, a journal full of stories and a suitcase full of alpaca yarn. (And maybe a bag of coffee and a few cigars too.) Be well,...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 13, 2007 | Arizona, Domestic Art, Journal
~I bought a new pair of bike shorts Friday. Come to find out I’ve been using men’s bike shorts. I’m not sure where I got the pair I had been using, but needless to say, the girl ones? Wow. They fit so much better. And not to get too specific, but I...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 10, 2007 | Domestic Art, In Stitches Sew Along, June Cleaver, Recipes
Dear Finny, Hey doll! Step away from that amazing garden of yours for a moment and those pies, gnocchi and all other fabulous things you’ve been creating and guess what? I finished up my In Stitches August project. I know! Can you believe it? Early bird gets the...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 9, 2007 | Journal
I love to shop. Browsing is a sport, and finding exactly what I want on sale? Silver medal. On clearance? Gold. Coupon/gift certificate to use toward purchase? Record setting performance. There is something particularly lovely about Fall fashion in Arizona because by...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 8, 2007 | Arizona, Domestic Art, Recipes
The heat, the kitchen, by the pool: I’ve been baking a bit this week. I’m busily preparing yet another trip away for work; I leave for Bolivia in a week and wouldn’t you guess just this weekend I looked at my planner and realized how quickly the date...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 7, 2007 | Domestic Art, Tutorial
Many of you know Junie Moon; she is that super positive, upbeat, incredibly kind sewer who posts amazing photos in her flickr account, but doesn’t yet blog. Well, she’s come up with a great summer sewing tutorial that must be shared. Thankfully, I’m...
