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Self-portrait with my copy of  Friday Kahlo's diary .

Self-portrait with my copy of Friday Kahlo's diary.

random thoughts: on fashion, frida and identity

My thoughts on fashion.

Posted in awesome videos, random thoughts and tagged with fashion, style, frida kahlo.

January 11, 2013 by Karen Walrond.
  • January 11, 2013
  • fashion
  • style
  • frida kahlo
  • awesome videos
  • random thoughts
  • 11 Comments
Christine Koh  and  Asha Dornfest , photographed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 2012.

Christine Koh and Asha Dornfest, photographed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 2012.

friends, minimalist parenting, and other awesome things i've been working on

I've been up to a lot of cool things.  Here's just a sampling.

Posted in favourite links, friends, awesome videos, big plans, the beauty of different, photography and tagged with minimalist parenting, christine koh, styleunited, asha dornfest, gratitude.

January 9, 2013 by Karen Walrond.
  • January 9, 2013
  • minimalist parenting
  • christine koh
  • styleunited
  • asha dornfest
  • gratitude
  • favourite links
  • friends
  • awesome videos
  • big plans
  • the beauty of different
  • photography
  • 7 Comments

and the other impatience athletes would allege they witnessed me taking performance-enhancing substances...

My mind's racing from chasing pirates.

Posted in random thoughts, way to much about me and tagged with impatience.

January 7, 2013 by Karen Walrond.
  • January 7, 2013
  • impatience
  • random thoughts
  • way to much about me
  • 6 Comments

aging british punk (6/365)

This is what a British ex-punk looks like. Before and after.

Posted in #photo365, family, marcus and tagged with #photo365, marcus, punk.

January 6, 2013 by Karen Walrond.
  • January 6, 2013
  • #photo365
  • marcus
  • punk
  • #photo365
  • family
  • marcus
  • 4 Comments

vic's house (5/365)

My friend Victoria's home.

Posted in #photo365, friends, places and tagged with home, Victoria, #photo365, cozy house.

January 6, 2013 by Karen Walrond.
  • January 6, 2013
  • home
  • Victoria
  • #photo365
  • cozy house
  • #photo365
  • friends
  • places
  • 3 Comments

alex (4/365)

First portrait of the year (and the January playlist).

Posted in #photo365, alex, people and tagged with #photo365, january playlist.

January 4, 2013 by Karen Walrond.
  • January 4, 2013
  • #photo365
  • january playlist
  • #photo365
  • alex
  • people
  • 1 Comment

a photography resolution, of sorts (3/365)

I'm not big on resolutions, so this is as close I get:  on quantity and quality.

Posted in #photo365, big plans and tagged with phone photography, photography.

January 3, 2013 by Karen Walrond.
  • January 3, 2013
  • phone photography
  • photography
  • #photo365
  • big plans
  • 6 Comments

holy toledo!

This past weekend, I went to Toledo.  It was like walking into the set of A Christmas Story.

Posted in friends, family, travel, places and tagged with toledo, ohio, toledo museum of art, christening.

January 2, 2013 by Karen Walrond.
  • January 2, 2013
  • toledo
  • ohio
  • toledo museum of art
  • christening
  • friends
  • family
  • travel
  • places
  • 4 Comments

1/365

Posted in #photo365 and tagged with #photo365.

January 1, 2013 by Karen Walrond.
  • January 1, 2013
  • #photo365
  • #photo365
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