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KAREN WALROND
lightmaker • radiant rebel • total amateur
 

CHOOKOOLOONKS

a journal about making light by karen walrond

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random thoughts:  on friends, friends-in-law and couple-friends
random thoughts: on friends, friends-in-law and couple-friends

It's hard enough to make friends on your own -- and when you have a partner, it can be even more complicated.

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friends, random thoughtsKaren WalrondMarch 20, 2013la crema, friendship, friends, family Comments
spring break in port aransas
spring break in port aransas

​We're back from our beach vacation, filled up on surf, sand, and Jason's Heart-Attack Burgers.

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family, friends, placesKaren WalrondMarch 18, 2013port aransas, beach vacation, maile wilson Comments
spring breakin'
spring breakin'

And we're out.​

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family, friends, placesKaren WalrondMarch 15, 2013spring break Comment
life is insane with lots of awesome
life is insane with lots of awesome

Just checking in.  Lots of amazing going on.​

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big plansKaren WalrondMarch 12, 2013book, sheryl sandberg, lean in Comments
the bad girls are back!
the bad girls are back!

This weekend was an official reunion of The Bad Girls Club.  They're back, and better than ever.​

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family, placesKaren WalrondMarch 10, 2013julia, henry, alex, family, the bad girls club Comments
international women's day: 10 more things I want my daughter to know (by the time she's 18)
international women's day: 10 more things I want my daughter to know (by the time she's 18)

It's International Women's Day again.  So in addition to last year's list, here are 10 more things I want my daughter to know.​

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big plans, familyKaren WalrondMarch 8, 2013international women's day, alex Comments
stash (or, how i began writing my second book)
stash (or, how i began writing my second book)

An adventure in the beautiful Stash facility.  My second book begins.​

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big plans, friendsKaren WalrondMarch 5, 2013new book, stash, cheryl schulke Comments
nine
nine

The kid is 9 today -- you know, that tender age when a young girl hosts her first dance party.​

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big plans, family, placesKaren WalrondMarch 3, 2013alex, birthday party, disco ball Comments
make your moment & hassleblad friday, roll #20: the sonoma edition (& the difference between film & digital)
make your moment & hassleblad friday, roll #20: the sonoma edition (& the difference between film & digital)

Can you tell the difference between film & digital?​

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placesKaren WalrondMarch 1, 2013hasselblad friday, hasselblad Comments
other places i've been (around the web)
other places i've been (around the web)

In amongst all this travel, I've been busy writing elsewhere, as well.  Here's a peak at some other places I've been.

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Karen WalrondFebruary 28, 2013Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, the Oscars, Babble, giving back Comments
make your moment: vineyards, wineries and that thing about wine
make your moment: vineyards, wineries and that thing about wine

The amazing wine country scenery, and a new realization about wine culture.​

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placesKaren WalrondFebruary 27, 2013la crema, wine culture Comments
make your moment:  my morning in healdsburg, and all you really need to know about wine
make your moment: my morning in healdsburg, and all you really need to know about wine

I had a serious wine-tasting last week, and had a bit of an epiphany.  Here's what I learned.

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placesKaren WalrondFebruary 25, 2013la crema, make your moment, sonoma county, wines, wine tasting Comments
journey to sonoma
journey to sonoma

Today I'll be exploring the wonderful world of La Crema wines.  But first, the story of how I got here.​

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placesKaren WalrondFebruary 21, 2013la crema, sonoma county, make your moment Comments
on connecting
on connecting

A lovely little video to make you happy (and a picture of my daughter telling bad knock-knock jokes).

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familyKaren WalrondFebruary 20, 2013alex, connection, family Comments
a walk in the woods
a walk in the woods

I admittedly have a rather troubled relationship with nature.

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big plans, familyKaren WalrondFebruary 18, 2013walk in the woods, make your moment, la crema Comments
bonus shots:  a new toy
bonus shots: a new toy

I've been a bad, bad girl.

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big plansKaren WalrondFebruary 16, 2013nikon wide angle lens Comments
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"A few weeks ago, I mentioned I was going to take the entire month of December off: I’d just come off of book tour, and I was in lovely, Christmas-y Bath, so the thinking was that I’d spend lazy days with mugs of tea and relaxing mus
"I’ve been back in Houston for a week, and it’s been one of those weeks where it feels like it’s flown, and also lasted at least few months. You know those weeks? Like, I can’t believe it’s already Friday; also, was
"As I walked around the stalls looking at the work of all sorts of artisans — woodworkers, potters, knitters, bakers, butchers, cheesemongers, to name just a few — I thought, well, here’s one deeply European custom that America
 

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