by Kelli Donley | May 12, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, Journal, Kitchen Talk
I made sourdough from scratch for the first time this weekend, using an Emeril recipe for the starter. My home smelled like a brewery within a couple hours. This yeasty bread sounded, but ended up way to hard. When recipes call for a fancy kitchen mixer with a bread...
by Kelli Donley | May 10, 2009 | Happy Hippie, Journal
I wandered Baker’s Nursery yesterday with Greg, checking out the squash, herbs, peppers and flowers begging to be taken home and planted before the incredible heat gets even hotter. It was an aesthetic overload — so many bright colors, odd shapes, varying...
by Kelli Donley | May 9, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, Journal
25 tote bags completed for Susie Ribbon tie sundress for Delaney ~K
by Kelli Donley | May 8, 2009 | Domestic Art, handmade, Journal
* Michelle Obama has very quickly become one of my favorite women in the news. I read an article about her the other day; when they say their dinner prayer she asks each person to mention a “rose and a thorn.” You can skip the thorn part, but the rose is...
by Kelli Donley | May 7, 2009 | Happy Hippie, Journal, Media
During a morning walk through the garden, watering the plants and thinking of the day ahead, I found myself wrapped in the words of Rumi. Stay bewildered in God, and only that. Those of you who are scattered, simplify your worrying lives. There is one righteousness:...
by Kelli Donley | May 5, 2009 | Journal, Media
I read a book the other day that finished with an ee cummings poem. I’ve never read or studied poetry with any great interest, but something about his words grabbed me. Yesterday I picked up several copies of his poetry and spent my lunch break inhaling his...
