by Kelli Donley | Nov 1, 2008 | Happy Hippie, Journal
Yesterday Carl called to see if there would be anyway I could help him out in a pinch: he had his 3-year-old daughter P for the afternoon and needed to go into work. Would I mind spending time with her? Are you kidding me? Look how cute this kid is, especially in her...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 30, 2008 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Get Fit, Goals, Happy Hippie, Journal
This truly is the week of focus. It’s working! Not only did I get that market bag done and wrapped, I started reading a new book for NaNoWriMo and got a fair amount of plotting done for novel #2 this morning. I did not, however, swim. I’ve got to do...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 28, 2008 | Arizona, CAOK, Community, Happy Hippie, Journal
Delaney mentioned the other day that she wanted to learn how to kayak. I’ve been spending more time with her sister Madison and not as much with her, so I thought this would be the perfect chance to balance things out. Elaina and Nick have a kayak and huge...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 25, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Journal, June Cleaver, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
I have two friends who are new moms and have been saving their baby food jars for me. I have a vision of making a path of tea light luminaries through my garden this winter. In the meantime, we are all about celebrating autumn, pumpkins and cooler weather for the time...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 23, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Journal, June Cleaver, Media, Uncategorized
“Time plays like an accordion in the way it can stretch out and compress itself in a thousand melodic ways. Months on end may pass blindingly in a quick series of chords, open-shut, together-apart; and then in a single melancholy week may seem like a...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 22, 2008 | Happy Hippie, Journal
A Twitterer I follow (okay, the language for that site is just nuts. Twitterer makes just as much sense as Tweet or Twit.) mentioned the other day that she prefers beer and a game of pool to wine and art. It made me stop and think. Where do I fall on that scale?...