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KAREN WALROND
lightmaker • radiant rebel • total amateur
 

CHOOKOOLOONKS

a journal about making light by karen walrond

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this was a good week
a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondMarch 21, 2014Bermuda, symmetry, time capsules, breakfast Comments
this was a good week
a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondMarch 14, 2014spring break, chookooloonks playlist Comments
5 pm
placesKaren WalrondMarch 13, 20145pm, daylight saving time Comments
i also remember a large wooden fork and spoon hanging on the kitchen wall
random thoughtsKaren WalrondMarch 12, 2014memory, memories, childhood memories Comments
desiderata
how to make lightKaren WalrondMarch 11, 2014desiderata, max ehrmann Comments
in the mirror
random thoughtsKaren WalrondMarch 10, 2014mirrors, writing prompt Comments
this was a good week
a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondMarch 7, 2014destra, carnival, travel, Trinidad & Tobago, lupita nyong'o, kim coles Comments
random thoughts: on passing time
random thoughtsKaren WalrondMarch 6, 2014age, aging Comments
#lookforthelight: february 2014
Karen WalrondMarch 4, 2014#lookforthelight Comments
of ice cream and family outings (and getting #slabhappy)
Karen WalrondMarch 4, 2014#slabhappy, marble slab creamery, ice cream, childhood memories Comments
ten
familyKaren WalrondMarch 3, 2014alex, birthday Comments
this was a good week
a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondFebruary 28, 2014the one campaign, photography, star wars Comments
i might be a loropetalum
random thoughts, big plansKaren WalrondFebruary 27, 2014lime retreats Comments
subway connection
random thoughtsKaren WalrondFebruary 25, 2014subway, metro, washington dc Comments
this was a good week (and a great 10 years)
a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondFebruary 21, 201410th anniversary, Chookooloonks, blogging Comments
katherine
friendsKaren WalrondFebruary 20, 2014katherine center Comments
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karen walrond,
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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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