by Kelli Donley | Mar 19, 2012 | Good to Great, Happy Hippie
Dear Kara, Your suggestion at “brights” for our March fashion blog had my heart rate up. I am not a “brights” or a “tights” kinda gal. Those Forever Underage stores? Make me want to run toward Chicos with all my credit cards out at...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 3, 2012 | Good to Great, Novel
I am taking a writing class focused on narrative. The class has 10 women and an instructor. We get together for a couple hours a week to discuss writing technique and to review each other’s work. This process of “workshopping” my writing is entirely...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 24, 2012 | Get Fit, Good to Great
A new friend, who has been staying with me for a few months, is a professional runner. Yes, I realize I’m setting myself up for a very odd pattern of having professional athletes live with me. But, then again, it is nice to have company and someone else to take...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 11, 2012 | Goals, Good to Great, Media
An update to my 2012 goal of reading 50 books: 47 to go. 1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: Fluff. 2 out of 5 bananas. It was a mindless read and nothing I’d strongly recommend. 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: I am, what, a decade late to...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 2, 2012 | Goals, Good to Great, Media
Of all my 2012 goals, reading 50 books this year is likely my most ambitious. I’ve gotten in the lazy habit of watching far too much television on my laptop and not paying enough attention to the growing stacks of books around the house. I miss my bookclub....
by Kelli Donley | Oct 23, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Good to Great, Novel
I’ve been haunted by insomnia lately. This happens about once a year. I’ll go 3-4 weeks without a good night’s sleep, waking around 2 am for 2-3 hours at a stretch. Some nights I just lie there, rolling the day around in my head, like a bowling ball...
