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KAREN WALROND
lightmaker • radiant rebel • total amateur
 

CHOOKOOLOONKS

a journal about making light by karen walrond

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it's houston hot
Karen WalrondAugust 7, 2013NASA, aurora borealis, thunderstorms, houston, summer, summertime Comments
processing through the photo: my philosophy on shooting & photoshop
Karen WalrondAugust 6, 2013photography, photoshop, photography tips Comments
what august looks like (and the chookooloonks mystery care package giveaway)
big plans, familyKaren WalrondAugust 4, 2013august, care package Comments
if you like happy hours, blogging & live music, you should join me next wednesday
Karen WalrondAugust 2, 2013blogahouston, blogalicious, fred goodall, mochadad
the way summer ought to be
Karen WalrondAugust 2, 2013summer, summertime, family Comments
memories
random thoughtsKaren WalrondAugust 1, 2013memories, photography Comments
ghost story
Karen WalrondJuly 31, 2013ghosts, ghost story, london, chelsea Comments
growing
Karen WalrondJuly 30, 2013black hockey jesus, growing up, adolescence, teenager, fatherhood Comments
what i would share with you about this weekend
random thoughtsKaren WalrondJuly 29, 2013stash, sarah jaffe Comments
introducing field notes!
Karen WalrondJuly 26, 2013ebooks, field notes
my new bio photo & a great deal on rivet & sway glasses
friendsKaren WalrondJuly 26, 2013rivet & sway, maile wilson, portrait Comments
sunlight
friendsKaren WalrondJuly 25, 2013amy turn sharp, summer, summertime Comments
rodrigo y gabriela, and a lesson in passion
big plans, places, random thoughtsKaren WalrondJuly 24, 2013rodrigo y gabriela, house of blues Comments
inching closer to dreams
Karen WalrondJuly 23, 2013lola akinmade Comment
on spontaneous visits
friends, familyKaren WalrondJuly 22, 2013epiphanie bags, maile wilson, jenny lawson, the bloggess, spontaneous vacation Comments
mehndi! (or, i might have stumbled on a new annual tradition)
big plans, placesKaren WalrondJuly 19, 2013mehndi, henna tattoo, birthday, the original henna company Comments
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karen walrond,
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words :: images
Hours

daily light

I love this week between Christmas and New Year’s, don’t you? It’s just so much QUIETER: no shopping needs to be done, no pressure to entertain, no reason to hustle. Bliss.

So tonight, Marcus and I are going out for dinner, just us
I MADE THIS FOR YOU. 

Over the last month, I’ve spent hours every day planning out the immediate future of my work and my career to fully encapsulate my word of the year for 2026:

KINSHIP. 

This led to the design of an entirely new website:
Happy Christmas from our house to yours! 🌴🎄
"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
 

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