by Kelli Donley | Jan 7, 2015 | Politico
This week’s attack on a Parisian satirical magazine should make us all irate. What makes someone pick up a weapon and forge forward to kill? What makes someone so full of anger and evil that death is the only option? I am not sure, but the video of the attackers...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 7, 2015 | Domestic Art
One of my resolutions is to learn several specific new sewing and knitting skills. For example: working on double pointed needles. This fingerless glove pattern was the right fit. With a bit of coaching for Sarah to get that thumb right, these are coming along nicely....
by Kelli Donley | Jan 5, 2015 | Goals, Good to Great, Media
Hi friends! Did you have a nice holiday? Celebrate the New Year with bubbly and fireworks? I hope it was delightful. I am happy to have taken some time away to spend with friends and family. I had a break from work and have returned full of excitement about the tasks...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 22, 2014 | Celebrate!
I’m taking a blog break until the new year; wishing you and your family a bright and merry holiday! With love, Kelli
by Kelli Donley | Dec 19, 2014 | Arizona
Did you know Mr. Peanut has his own car? And apparently he was recently nutting around downtown Phoenix. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Dec 17, 2014 | Celebrate!, Domestic Art
Is this what your dining room table looks like right now? A sea of half finished presents. No? Just me? At least I have one thing on my list this year from my growing “Christmas projects” folder on Pinterest that worked: I love the Mason jar full of...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 16, 2014 | Celebrate!, Heirloom Hacienda
This is the last of my knits for a bit; I’ve got something going on with my left hand. A pulled tendon? Considering my mom once needed hand surgery from too much quilting, this sort of nuttery comes easy. I’m ready to wake up and not have my hand...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 12, 2014 | Arizona, Public Health
Yesterday, I was awake before the neighborhood chickens. I dragged Nelson around the block before heading north and east, driving past Four Peaks just as the sky was beginning to show the first light of day. The saguaros near Roosevelt Lake stood sentry, and by the...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 10, 2014 | Celebrate!
I’m busy addressing packages, baking bread, wrapping the last gifts and sewing a few remaining sparkles to gifts I hope with make those in my life feel a bit more loved. (But you know what I really want for Christmas? Time to read and write. I am eager to get...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 5, 2014 | Celebrate!, Domestic Art
A glimpse of the knitting that is being gifted this year. This is what Sundays on the couch watching football look like come December. I am pleased — especially since I had 90% of that yarn in my stash, some of which had moved back and forth across the...
