by Kelli Donley | Nov 18, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Journal, Kitchen Talk, Uncategorized
Mexican acorn squash, inhaled. Directions: Slice squash in half, sprinkle with olive oil, stuff with garlic (after removing seeds), roast at 350 for 30 minutes. Add diced tomatoes and onions to baking sheet. Bake for 10 more minutes. Remove, add black beans, a dash of...
by Kelli Donley | Nov 13, 2008 | Domestic Art, Journal, Kitchen Talk, Uncategorized
When my buddy Clare and I headed to South America last year for work, we fell in love with many aspects of Bolivian life. Both world travelers, we were delighted to find a new culinary specialty: yellow aji. Aji in Bolivia essentially means spicy anything. It could be...
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 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
If you haven’t seen Nacho Libre, it is my new favorite movie. I don’t know exactly what about it makes me laugh like a little kid, but it does the trick every single time. My friends were oh-so-confused by this when I subjected them to viewing it in the...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
Are you absolutely horrible at hobby you still love? For me, this is bowling. Poor Salty didn’t know what he was getting (or better yet, not getting) when he asked me to play in his bowling league last year. Matt and Rebecca regularly kick my butt, as does the...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 15, 2008 | Faith, Goals, Happy Hippie, Journal, Uncategorized
Just goes to show you, you can take the girl out of Africa, but you can’t take Africa out of the girl. Look what I found one morning walking along the beach in Mexico? I was looking down, listening to a podcast and enjoying the crisp morning weather when voila!...