by Kelli Donley | Mar 19, 2007 | Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver, Recipes, Uncategorized
Do you ever want to pinch yourself because you just feel so blessed? Lucky. Alive. I’m known for being a glass half-full sort, and lately that glass has been overflowing. {Maybe I’m channeling Dharma.} Joy is arriving in waves — not lapping, but of...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 19, 2007 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Journal, Media
A Spring bag & CAOK gift. Amy Butler’s Downtown Madison pattern. I finished White Oleander this weekend — having read much of the last 100 pages by the pool Saturday. {Oh, the weather we are having! Let me gloat. We will quickly enter the 110-plus...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 17, 2007 | Domestic Art, Journal, Recipes
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! If you are looking for an easy green treat to feed your loved ones today, try these pistachio cookies. They’ll take 20 minutes including clean up time and be gone in no time flat. {Cute new spatula was a spring gift from my friend...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 16, 2007 | Africa, CAOK, Domestic Art, Journal
Remember this hat my friend Jerry at the bagel shop wanted? Well, two skeins of wool and two months later, I finished it last night. Without a pattern, but with lots of advice from knitters, I set out to tackle this project. It doesn’t look exactly like Billy...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 15, 2007 | Journal
Each morning, I get up before the sun, run or swim for an hour, and then race off to the bagel shop for breakfast before work. I live in the suburbs and commute downtown. The stress of city traffic is less brutal when my stomach is happily digesting a generous dose of...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 13, 2007 | Flora and Fauna, Journal
Spring is in the air in Phoenix. The entire city smells of orange blossoms. Walking downtown at lunch, you are likely to see a gaggle of Spring break high schoolers in bright tank tops and coordinating flip flops stumble past a gaggle of office workers, mumbling under...
