by Kelli Donley | Jun 1, 2009 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Journal, Sew Along
Finny, Remember when you took this pic in Yellowstone after we read that now famous wolf t-shirt review on Amazon? I should have bought the shirt. I totally could be grocery shopping on a scooter, riding sideways. I am not going to lie, I really wish we were back in...
by Kelli Donley | May 31, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, Journal
Have you ever read the book, or seen the movie, “Como Agua Para Chocolate?” It’s one of those stories that stays with you for ages. Specifically, I love the thought of emotion being transferred into creative works — in this case, food. The main...
by Kelli Donley | May 29, 2009 | Domestic Art, Journal, Kitchen Talk
Today’s dream is to be studying in Alice Water’s kitchen by day and gardening in her organic fields by night. I’d be begging David Tanis to teach me all he knows and watching the people flow in and out of Chez Panisse in Berkeley. One day. Today, in...
by Kelli Donley | May 27, 2009 | Domestic Art, Journal
I recently found this poem by Marge Piercy: “To Be of Use” The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black...
by Kelli Donley | May 26, 2009 | Arizona, Domestic Art, Earth Mama, Happy Hippie
Blurry photos, but you get the idea. Matty currently looks like Elmer Fudd, walking around with a broom (in lieu of a gun), shaking it at anything that moves near the garden. I’ve also decided next year I need about 15 tomato plants instead of 4. I’m not...
by Kelli Donley | May 25, 2009 | Domestic Art, Good to Great, Journal
Far from perfect, but the journey was educational. This pattern kicked my ass. What a wonderful weekend this has been; another gorgeous baby born to a Ya Ya — Emerson Louise, 8 pounds, 21 inches! Rebecca is the gladiator of labor and her husband couldn’t...