by Kelli Donley | Aug 28, 2011 | Colorado, Flora and Fauna, Good to Great, Happy Hippie
The last six weeks or so have been a steady stream of visitors and fun. And while I have had a summer to remember, I haven’t been able to shake the type A guilt from countless projects left incomplete in my office. That knitting project. A sewing project long...
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 16, 2011 | Goals, Good to Great, Media, Novel
I am a writer. There are days — months even — I forget. I let my mind and heart wander. I take on odd jobs. I help friends with complicated favors. I travel. I read. I watch Mad Men seasons on repeat. I take long, luxurious tours of museums. On occasion, I...
by Kelli Donley | May 12, 2011 | Domestic Art, Good to Great, Homebody
I am an organization freak. I always have been. I can’t get out of a bed without making it (sometimes even at hotels). I wipe down the bathroom counter every single time. I have a google doc that tracks car repair and maintenance. (I once got two transmission...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 27, 2011 | Arizona, Good to Great, Journal
My current moving alert isn’t red. Or orange. It’s beige. I’m surrounded by beige. Boxes, boxes everywhere. It’s mayhem. My happy spin on the current homeland Code Beige!: packing is a lot of fun for a girl who loves to organize. I currently...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 5, 2011 | Correspondence, Good to Great, Journal
noun: Space required for living, growth, and development. God bless the Germans for their command of language. Want romance? See French. Spiciness? Spanish. The language of literature — Shakespeare’s English. Poetry? Persian. But German? Like their cars,...