by Kelli Donley | Jul 22, 2008 | Correspondence, Domestic Art, Goals, Good to Great, Journal
I can’t handle clutter. I don’t like knickknacks or collections or piles of anything — with new-to-me books being the sole exception. (Okay, and maybe piles of cash.) I’m in tidying-mode this week — trying to clear out my studio of craft...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 18, 2008 | Faith, Goals, Good to Great, Journal
One of the many reasons I’m looking forward to my new job is the fresh start — the chance to set the pace for an organization, work hard, dig in my heels and really get to know a new arm of public health. I am fighting the feeling of being overwhelmed by...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 15, 2008 | Good to Great, Journal, Public Health
So, let me be honest. I’m a bit of a hypochondriac drama queen. I’ve been through this before and didn’t have TB. And I’m 100% convinced I don’t have sleeping sickness. Shoo tse tse fly! Don’t bother me. Why? Because I resigned...
by Kelli Donley | May 27, 2008 | Faith, Goals, Good to Great, Journal
I spent yesterday morning with my friend’s three-year-old daughter on my lap, eating a pancake breakfast leisurely in the sun, feeding the birds our leftover crumbs. It was such a nice, peaceful way to start the day and it certainly made me wish I had more...
by Kelli Donley | May 22, 2008 | Africa, CAOK, Good to Great, Travel
Asante sana = thank you very much in Swahili. Neither Nicaraguans nor Mozambicans speak Swahili, but I’m pretty sure they’d also find this new vocab word of the day more interesting than the Gracias! or Obrigado! they’ll be sending you when they...
by Kelli Donley | May 14, 2008 | CAOK, Community, Good to Great, Journal, Travel
Just for a second, I wish I could turn of my conscience. I’m not talking about the Holy Spirit or my mother’s voice — which schizophrenically I also hear on occasion. Or even my internal critic who has been piping up way to often lately. (As Annie...
