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KAREN WALROND
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CHOOKOOLOONKS

a journal about making light by karen walrond

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this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring sushi, smog, ash and diamonds.

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Karen WalrondNovember 3, 2017 Comment
#tbt:  the things that connect us
#tbt: the things that connect us

The things that connect us vastly outnumber the things the divide us.

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Karen WalrondNovember 2, 2017ethiopia, the one campaign Comment
on collecting art
on collecting art

My top 5 tips in how to start an art collection.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondOctober 30, 2017art, art collecting Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring A-ha, animated gourds, and a haunted dollhouse.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondOctober 27, 2017Comment
#tbt:  a place to retreat (and thinking about retreating again)
#tbt: a place to retreat (and thinking about retreating again)

This time 5 years ago, I was looking for a place to host a retreat. I'm thinking about it again.

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big plansKaren WalrondOctober 26, 2017lime retreats Comments
make light, episode 13:  thanks for an amazing season !
make light, episode 13: thanks for an amazing season !
the make light showKaren WalrondOctober 24, 2017Comment
transplanted
transplanted

We're settled for now.

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chookooloonks rebuild, placesKaren WalrondOctober 23, 2017transplant Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring speeches, sausages and spinners.  And tons more fun stuff, too.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondOctober 20, 2017space, this was a good week Comment
make light, episode 12:  moving with stefania pomponi
make light, episode 12: moving with stefania pomponi

CEO and fitness enthusiast Stefania Pomponi joins me to talk about why zombies make great motivators.

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the make light showKaren WalrondOctober 17, 2017stefania pomponiComment
putting down new roots
putting down new roots

It's time to make like a Norwegian houseplant.

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chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondOctober 16, 2017 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring fierce girls, fierce women and fierce art.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondOctober 13, 2017frances mcdormandComment
how we think about aging (or, are we complicit in ageism?)
how we think about aging (or, are we complicit in ageism?)

On aging, how we think about it, and whether we're part of the problem.

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how to make lightKaren WalrondOctober 12, 2017aging, age, ageism, ashton applewhite Comments
make light, episode 11:  storytelling with lucrecer braxton
make light, episode 11: storytelling with lucrecer braxton

Artist and storyteller Lucrecer Braxton joins me to talk about how that career as a radio DJ worked out for her.

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the make light showKaren WalrondOctober 11, 2017lucrecer braxtonComment
some big make light inspiration!
some big make light inspiration!

Hurry -- an amazing bundle of ecourses and ebooks to help you make light!

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big plans, how to make lightKaren WalrondOctober 10, 2017
questions to ask when a friend is in crisis
questions to ask when a friend is in crisis

Friends asked me two lovely questions. I'm going to remember to use them

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friends, chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondOctober 9, 2017friendship Comments
there was good in this week
there was good in this week

Featuring soulful interiors, soulful postcards and soul singers.  

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondOctober 6, 2017this was a good weekComment
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Dusted off a camera I haven’t used for a while to get it ready for my trip to Boulder and @alexisrhys’s graduation. Took this photo in a neighbour’s garden, because these flowers always look like an explosion of potential— whi
"Over the weekend, I spent a considerable amount of time cleaning out my bedroom closet. I’m vaguely embarrassed by this: those of you who’ve been reading my words for a while now know that we lost 99% of everything we owned in the f
I was just talking to my dad on the phone, and fretting about … well, everything.  And he said, in the way only a Trinidadian father can:

“What is to is will is, my child.”

And he’s so right.
 

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