by Kelli Donley | May 29, 2012 | Colorado
I’m moving this week. Again. To a house I absolutely love, which is a lot closer to the trailheads and mountains. If you care to throw some good juju my way: the Golden City Council will be deciding June 7th if certain areas of town (including my new little...
by Kelli Donley | May 29, 2012 | Media
While packing, I ran across a set of newspaper front pages I’ve kept over the years. What a sad, crazy time this has been for our country and world, with the occasional burst of local pride: Indeed. ~K
by Kelli Donley | May 27, 2012 | Colorado, Community
Hannah and I met when we were working at a bakery together last summer. At just 18, boy did this girl have a lot to teach me. Our friendship bloomed over watching muffins rise and fall in a faulty oven, scrubbing public toilets and trying to find the humor our...
by Kelli Donley | May 24, 2012 | Daily Sass
Oh Kara, When you suggested this month we cover our favorite summer footwear, I jumped with glee. As my mother can tell you, I have always had “a thing for shoes and bags.” So, you know. I’m a woman. Since moving to Colorado, I have a new appreciate...
by Kelli Donley | May 23, 2012 | Colorado, Community
This sweet man, named Bill, works on the Pearl Street mall in Boulder. His profession? Poet by hire, of course. For a donation of your choice, you can give Bill a word or idea and he’ll carefully hunt and peck on his tiny typewriter until he’s got...
by Kelli Donley | May 21, 2012 | Faith
My friend Tina and I have been studying the Bible together for several years. We started when we both lived in the Scottsdale-area and have continued via Skype from Colorado and Georgia. Our (mostly) weekly study is a regular reminder Christians of all denominations...
by Kelli Donley | May 20, 2012 | Arizona, Celebrate!
Last week, I caught a ridiculously early flight to Phoenix, jumped in a rental car the size of a shoe, and was in Tucson by lunch to surprise this lovely lady for her 82nd birthday: My Grandmother Maxine is one of my favorite people. It was completely, and totally...
by Kelli Donley | May 16, 2012 | Community, Journal
I know I’ve mentioned more than once that I’m super lucky and blessed for having connected with so many like-minded women via the interwebs. Right? I mean — Zarah came to hang out a couple times in Phoenix and I’ll see her again this summer in...
by Kelli Donley | May 15, 2012 | Journal, Media, Novel
Since moving to Colorado, I’ve joined a writing cooperative and several writing groups. I’ve been taking courses, having my work read and submitting to contests. One criticism has been constant: I try to cover too many points of view. Readers struggle to...
by Kelli Donley | May 14, 2012 | Journal
Have you read Min’s take on marriage? Or what Dooce is going through, while separated from her husband? Relationships in the Time of Blogs — a modern-day take Gabriel Garcia Marquez would likely not appreciate — is a strange era. “We’re...
