by Kelli Donley | Sep 18, 2018 | Journal
I’ve written a bit about our attempts at trying to have a baby. Status update: no luck yet. There is something profoundly lonely about infertility. And to be honest, not everybody who has experienced infertility knows about loneliness. Granted, there is the...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 2, 2018 | Domestic Art, Knit
Materials: 0.5 to 1 oz (40 to 80 yards) of DK weight baby yarn – scrap sock yarn works great. Size 5 (3.75 mm) circular needle, set of size 5 (3.75 mm) double pointed needles, yarn needle, stitch marker Abbreviations: k = knit p= purl k2tog = knit two together...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 16, 2018 | Heirloom Hacienda, Homebody
This took several months, but boy are we glad it is done. When Jason moved into this home, we knew the master bedroom would need some help. The woman who lived here before was obsessed with greek themes. (You may remember the column in the bathroom.) Hence the drapey...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 12, 2018 | Arizona
I’ve been struggling a bit lately. This isn’t uncommon for me this time of year. We’re mid-July and really only starting our summer season. The weather’s already climbed over 110, and this shifts life. To be outside, where I’d rather be,...
by Kelli Donley | May 26, 2018 | Arizona, Writing
This week has been a whirlwind. On Tuesday, we hosted the neighborhood bookclub. This likely doesn’t sound like much, but it took a considerable effort to have 20 people over for dinner after a work day. That said, everyone sat shoulder to shoulder in our...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 22, 2018 | Public Health
Lately, I’ve been spending time with the homeless, and those on the edge of homelessness. I’ve also been spending a lot of time at public forums and community events discussing substance use services available in our community. None of this is...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 3, 2018 | Journal
Remember in the 1990s when the song, “I wanna be like Mike!” was popular? My brother and I had the cassette single, which we played on the boom box on repeat for a summer. As children, we never stopped to wonder why we wouldn’t want to be a rich, famous athlete with...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 21, 2018 | Writing
“Counting Coup” launched this weekend, with a handful of friends gathered at Dobson Ranch Library in Mesa. My brother and his longtime girlfriend Jessica came from Colorado, too. A girlfriend came to play assistant, running book sales outside and taking...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 28, 2018 | CAOK, Domestic Art, handmade
A few weeks back, a girlfriend posted about an Instagram contest to win a homemade weighted blanket. I’d had my eye on a weighted blanket after hearing from another girlfriend how much better she was sleeping. There is a good bit of research to show the weight...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 13, 2018 | Novel, Writing
At 11:30 am, Saturday, March 17th at Dobson Ranch Library in Mesa, “Counting Coup” will be out in the world. Dobson Ranch Library is my childhood library. I spent most of my elementary school summers on the bean bags, collecting stickers from the summer...
