by Kelli Donley | Jan 27, 2014 | Arizona, Photography, Travel
A view from a quick road trip to Sedona this weekend. Oh, Arizona. You are so beautiful this time of year! ~K
by Kelli Donley | Jan 22, 2014 | Arizona, Community
A few months ago, I asked for your help in organizing supplies for homeless veterans in northern Arizona. Last week, I traveled with coworkers to Cottonwood. We toured The Loft and handed off dozens of hygiene kits, hand knit beanies, tubes of chap-stick and bottles...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 22, 2014 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna, Happy Hippie
The succulent garden continues to thrive. I am looking forward to getting tomatoes and basil in when we land in Tempe. Depending on the space, a few fruit trees may find their way to our home too. One of the best parts of living in Phoenix: the gardening. Sure,...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 21, 2014 | Domestic Art, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Oh, I’m moving again. Back to Tempe, hi ho, hi ho. As such, I am once again condensing, organizing, packing and coordinating moving stuff. For the fourth time in less than 18 months. Nope. I don’t want to talk about it. Yep. I am glad I didn’t buy...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 14, 2014 | Africa, Faith
Africa is hurting. The people of Central African Republic are under siege. The folks of South Sudan are involved in a brutal, new civil war. For Zimbabwe, falling again into man-made, infuriating famine. The Second Congo war rages on, killing more people than...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 13, 2014 | Arizona
This is the best smelling plant in the world. I wish they had this mesquite (I think?) as a perfume. I’d wear it every day. This weekend on a hike, watching an early morning dawn spread across the Valley, I was full of comfort. The light shifted,...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 10, 2014 | Faith
I’ve struggled finding sleep lately. Wide awake from midnight to 3 am is becoming the new routine. I’ve considered that this may be because of electromagnetic waves from all these technical devices, as I’ve heard they can disturb sleep. There are...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 9, 2014 | Arizona, Nelson
Mr. Willie Nelson Mandela learned a new, terrifying trick last week. Ten minutes into an otherwise routine hike, he urinated blood. Ten minutes later, I am carrying him, hyperventilating and screaming into my cell phone with the vet’s office. Four hours, one...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 5, 2014 | Community, Photography
One Community is a monthly photo project in which participants photograph their homes and communities with a theme in mind. The theme varies by month. The goal is to both showcase similarities and differences in our communities worldwide – and bring us all closer...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 2, 2014 | Goals, Good to Great
Beginning of the New Year public proclamation! I am giving up artificial sweeteners. No more diet soda, or sugar-free anything. There is plenty of research backing up this decision, and a good bit of personal motivation too. Actually, a good friend was recently...
