by Kelli Donley | Jul 31, 2013 | Arizona, Public Health
There is a convenience store within walking distance of my new office. I can’t quite see it from my desk because of a large, thorny mesquite and clump of date palms. If I could, I’m sure that even in the middle of the afternoon, when temperatures in Phoenix made the...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 29, 2013 | Nelson
After a serious shave and loss of all those adorable curls, WNM is rocking the pink-belly summer shave. It was getting embarrassing. We’d go for the smallest walk and WNM would spend the next three hours working on his Oscar nominated performance for...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 27, 2013 | Arizona
Since my feet hit the ground in Phoenix two weeks ago, it has been a mad dash. To unpack. To iron. To start a new job. To arrange movers. To find a new home. To forward mail. To turn off utilities. To turn on utilities. To not annoy my generous hosts. To help Nelson...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 24, 2013 | Faith
Sisters in Spirit is a series of essays by a group of women who felt a spiritual perspective lacking from the steady stream of daily news. They each agreed to carve space monthly on their blogs for a spiritual conversation. The topic this month is how to stay focused...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 18, 2013 | Paleo
So, this is what happens when I attempt to do paleo for a couple weeks. I suck with willpower. I can go about a week without any cheats, but when I do take even the smallest step off the no sugar wagon, I fall head first into Ben and Jerry’s. Or wine. Or a...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 16, 2013 | Homebody
My family. -K
by Kelli Donley | Jul 14, 2013 | Arizona
Now you are singing Sheryl Crow, huh? You’re welcome. It’s a good song. We are home! Some 2700 miles and five days of solid driving, we arrived in Arizona last night to a steak dinner prepared by our hosts. D headed back to the airport this morning, bound...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 10, 2013 | NJ + NYC, Photography
I’m on the road this week, headed back across this huge country toward the desert. A last look at the beautiful state I had a chance to temporarily call home: Thank you, New Jersey. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Jul 8, 2013 | Colorado
My brother Cody was hiking in the Colorado Rockies this weekend when he came upon this bear: He took a handful of photos before it dawned on him that, “I might be one of those idiots who filled his camera with shots of the critter that had him for dinner.”...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 7, 2013 | Flora and Fauna
Someone remind me I want to have one of these frames in a future house: Thank you, Sunset, for giving me yet another gardening project I can’t wait to tackle. Air plants? Growing on a screen? That you can hang like art? SO COOL....
