by Kelli Donley | Jun 19, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Photography
I took a road trip with friends this weekend to Aspen and Snowmass. It was great to explore a new piece of this glorious state. Around each corner was some great shot — something bright, aesthetic, eye-catching, gorgeous. We climbed Independence Pass, curled...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 17, 2011 | Community, Goals, Good to Great, Novel
Tattered Cover is Denver’s sister store to Tempe’s Changing Hands Bookstore. It is magnificent. And it is a miracle I came home with these alone — three of which are gifts: There is much writing and reading to be done, but I am confident novel #2...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 14, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Handmade goods, Happy Hippie, Heirloom Homestead
I left a few of these on neighbor’s doors and handed out a couple others to those I could catch in person; my parents are still friends with neighbors they had in their very first home after getting married. There is something endearing about knowing who lives...
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 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 19, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Happy Hippie, Homebody, June Cleaver
Other than my lame attempts at poetry and my very public screaming about the weather for the last week (see: Twitter) — I’ve been thinking about this new little home I’m building. Technically, I’m renting. But let me get carried away, will you?...
