by Kelli Donley | Apr 6, 2008 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Goals, Journal, Reuse
My friends have started having wee-ones at a lapinian rate. Hip hop. In turn, I’m enjoying trying to keep up with the gifts and celebrations. I bought my best friend some magnetic cabinet locks as I know how important baby safety is, especially for newborns. I...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 1, 2008 | Africa, CAOK, Domestic Art, Journal
Which makes me happier: A. Robert Mugabe, murderous dictactor of Zimbabwe, is on his way out after a record-breaking election? Or, B. The fact I finally figured out the Anna Tunic? From disaster — where this yoke is obviously sewn incorrectly… to success!...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 24, 2008 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Journal, Kitchen Talk
I made a couple more loaves of no-knead bread this weekend to take to Easter dinners. There is something about the smell of bread baking (especially these loaves; I added rosemary and parmesan cheese) that makes me ravenous. I wanted to pull them out of the oven, pour...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 11, 2008 | CAOK, Correspondence, Domestic Art
Have you heard the old adage that kindness is a boomerang? You give it away and it keeps flying back your direction. For example, when a friend had a shipment of baskets at work that were leftover from a project, he called. Could I use them at work for my upcoming...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 6, 2008 | CAOK, Good to Great, Journal
Soup for Lenten Supper at church. I reached out to an old friend a month or so ago. He was my confirmation minister, but left the ‘burbs to lead another United Methodist Church in Central Phoenix 15 years ago. The church is near my office, which is 20 miles from...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 24, 2007 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Good to Great, Journal
One of my closest girlfriends is now living back in Seattle and is taking public transport to work. To applaud her green behavior and to celebrate her recent birthday, I put together a bus survival kit. Now that the weather is cooling off, and I’ll soon have...
