by Kelli Donley | Sep 9, 2009 | Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Certainly easier to do when covered with cheese and pesto. Matt jokes that he is growing rabbit ears because of all the vegetables we eat. Soon enough, that will include squash and pumpkins from the garden. Hippity hop, Kelli
by Kelli Donley | Sep 5, 2009 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
One summer about six years ago, I watched 4th of July fireworks from a crabbing boat in the Puget Sound. Ask me what I remember about that trip, other than freezing my shorts and flip flopped-butt off? The food. Other than the absolute best seafood I’ve ever...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 4, 2009 | Community, Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
When a Burundian family left for another state earlier this month, their community garden plot of okra was ready for harvest. Having never eaten okra before, I wasn’t sure what to do with these vegetables. After two weeks of trying to get church members to take...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 22, 2009 | Domestic Art, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Spicy gazpacho for two: Like a giant bowl of cold salsa for dinner. Perfect with a giant glass of cold white wine after a grueling hike of Camelback. Yep — I’m one of those idiots you see on the mountain when it is 110 degrees outside. The upside is there...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 9, 2009 | Correspondence, Domestic Art, handmade, Journal, June Cleaver
I was the kid at summer camp who always came home with a stack of addresses and managed to write a dozen pen pal letters in the first week, chronicling life in suburban Arizona as though it was dramatically different from the other WASPY childhoods of my new friends. ...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 24, 2009 | Community, Happy Hippie, June Cleaver
With more than an acre of land, a half dozen families from Burundi and a well intentioned group of overly caffeinated volunteers, the community garden plots took bloom today. Actually, without irrigation this week, the rock hard caliche land left us little room to do...
