by Kelli Donley | Jan 13, 2008 | Africa, Arizona, Journal, Photography, Uncategorized
Sunday afternoon I took my friend Caitlin for her first horseback ride. I’d given her a gift certificate for her sixth birthday in November and planned on giving her photos of the outing (and maybe a printed t-shirt) for Christmas. Rainy weather kept us from...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 10, 2008 | Goals, Good to Great, Journal, Media, Uncategorized
I want to be a novelist because I have this story rattling around in my brain. I can see the characters. I can taste the food I’m describing. I can smell the smoky air in Mozambique and the pollution in Phoenix — my settings. I have conversations with the...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 4, 2008 | Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver, Tutorial, Uncategorized
Last year I was browsing the Red Envelope catalog (love their personalized gifts and earrings) when I saw a tiny photo for a leather jewelry wrap. My necklaces are pretty much always tangled because of the petite leather earring box I keep them in at the bottom of my...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 3, 2008 | Uncategorized
My new buddy Nico. He likes naps too. I’m known within my family and friends as the girl who can, and will, always sleep when given the opportunity. In college I was so sleep deprived that when I’d make it home for a weekend, I’d regularly sleep...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
I wish you love. Crazy, unconventional, Pretty Woman, short dude/tall lady, short dude/short dude, roller coaster, sweet and sour like Lemonheads, soft and cuddly like a down comforter on a cold morning, jarring, challenging, intense, 50 years later and still my best...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 21, 2007 | Domestic Art, Goals, Journal, Recipes, Uncategorized
I wish for new challenges. For example, baking bread. One cheap Dutch oven + one pretty awesome recipe + one January/February 2008 issue of Cooks Illustrated for a bit of cajoling = my first edible loaf of bread. I paired it with pumpkin apple chestnut soup and salad....
