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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: the need for analog
random thoughtsKaren WalrondAugust 29, 2013analog, taking things slowly Comments
once in a blue moon i miss a good water-cooler chat
random thoughtsKaren WalrondAugust 28, 2013solitude, work at home Comments
good luck rain
Karen WalrondAugust 27, 2013rainy days, Walrond weather Comments
5 lessons on creativity & community i learned from the blue man group
random thoughts, placesKaren WalrondAugust 26, 2013the blue man group, universal orlando, family forward, #familyforward Comments
our universal orlando adventure continues
placesKaren WalrondAugust 23, 2013blue man group, universal orlando Comments
the wizarding world of harry potter
placesKaren WalrondAugust 22, 2013family forward, #familyforward, the wizarding world of harry potter Comments
last-minute vacation, #familyforward, and the internet gives me fashion advice
big plans, friends, familyKaren WalrondAugust 21, 2013family forward, mom it forward, #familyforward Comments
the power of art
friendsKaren WalrondAugust 20, 2013david mcgee, artist, art Comments
something sweet
friendsKaren WalrondAugust 19, 2013kim coles, superpowers, superheroes Comments
dark and stormy
Karen WalrondAugust 16, 2013hurricane, tropical storm alma, Trinidad & Tobago Comments
on love and kindness and the meaning of life
Karen WalrondAugust 15, 2013love, kindness, the meaning of life, george saunders Comments
homesick for trinidad & tobago
Karen WalrondAugust 13, 2013Trinidad & Tobago Comments
a glimpse in the windows
friendsKaren WalrondAugust 13, 2013Xanthe Berkeley Comments
a very ordinary, mundane weekend
random thoughtsKaren WalrondAugust 11, 2013mundane, ordinary Comments
unwoven light, and you are your own niche
random thoughtsKaren WalrondAugust 9, 2013soo sunny park, installation artist, integrative law, blogging, blogahouston Comments
because sometimes you just stick around to see what happens
Karen WalrondAugust 8, 2013mira jacob Comments
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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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