by Kelli Donley | Jun 7, 2011 | Colorado
I went for a hike last week to the top of the M — M for Mines, Colorado School of Mines, and Mount Zion. I only made it to the M, not to the top of Lookout Point — some 3 miles farther along, but it was a triumph. I’ve climbed this trail a dozen...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 6, 2011 | Heirloom Homestead
Saturday I spent several hours working outside, and met a couple of the neighbors. Two men who live down the street stopped to chat. They both laughed when I talked about the chicken coop. “To feed the foxes? Whatcha wanna do that for, chica?” Clyde...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 2, 2011 | Colorado, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
I’ve long said if I could start over at high school graduation I’d have gone to culinary school. Or maybe the Rhode Island School of Design for pattern making. Amazing how interests change with time; when I graduated from high school, I knew I wanted to be...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 1, 2011 | 2011 Books, Media
The Wordy Shipmates, by Sarah Vowell. Two out of five bananas. This was the latest month’s book club selection. And while it was not my favorite read, there was plenty to learn from this book. It is a historical look at the puritans of early America and how our...
by Kelli Donley | May 31, 2011 | Colorado
The Denver Zoo is pretty fantastic. People — they have polar bears. REAL, LIVE POLAR BEARS! Coming from the Phoenix Zoo — which is so dang great in desert big horn sheep, gila monster ways — polar bears might as well be unicorns. And although they...
by Kelli Donley | May 27, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Earth Mama
Apparently my newest Calculated Act of Kindness is to plant gardens an do yard work for friends. Even new friends, and people I barely know. When gardening with a friend the other day, I asked about his neighbor’s yard. It is such a cute neighborhood but this...
by Kelli Donley | May 26, 2011 | Colorado, Triathlon
Charlie dragged me into the garden to teach me, again, how to change the tubes on my road bike. I had the best of intentions of getting back on the roadie at some point. I lugged it from Arizona on the back of my car, after all. And yes, I knew it was sitting in the...
by Kelli Donley | May 25, 2011 | Arizona, Colorado
I will not make this blog for the next year: WHY COLORADO IS BETTER THAN ARIZONA. Or, sadly, WHY ARIZONA IS BETTER THAN COLORADO. With a few small exceptions. Mexican Food — Colorado vs: Arizona Christo, almighty. Mexicans! Where are you? I miss my bretheren,...
by Kelli Donley | May 24, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Earth Mama, Flora and Fauna
When my friend BJ mentioned he wanted help “landscaping” the front yard of his new house, I did what I typically do: volunteer, come over-prepared after having enjoyed a gallon of coffee, haul him to the local garden shop with far too many ideas, and jump...
by Kelli Donley | May 23, 2011 | Colorado, Flora and Fauna, Photography
The Rebel is back in action. ~K
