KAREN WALROND
Home Books Speaking Coaching the make light journal
HomeBooksSpeakingCoachingthe make light journal
KAREN WALROND
lightmaker • radiant rebel • total amateur
 

CHOOKOOLOONKS

a journal about making light by karen walrond

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happy new year!
happy new year!

Wishing you magic and light for the coming year.

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big plansKaren WalrondJanuary 1, 2018happy new year Comments
this was a good  ... year
this was a good ... year

2017 was a really great year.  I'm not kidding.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondDecember 29, 2017this was a good yearComment
wishing you a merry christmas ... and so much more
wishing you a merry christmas ... and so much more

This year, "Merry Christmas" doesn't seem like enough.  Thank you.

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Karen WalrondDecember 25, 2017merry christmasComment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring a new solar system, dominoes, and the astonishing Esperanza Spalding.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondDecember 22, 2017Comment
preparing for the year ahead (let 2018 be your year of light)
preparing for the year ahead (let 2018 be your year of light)

A free worksheet to help you dream for your year ahead.

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big plansKaren WalrondDecember 18, 2017new year Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring salt, sweaters and Singapore.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondDecember 15, 2017 Comment
4 steps to becoming a quiet activist (or, the chookooloonks change-the-world challenge)
4 steps to becoming a quiet activist (or, the chookooloonks change-the-world challenge)

You've got it in you to change the world.  Here's how.

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big plansKaren WalrondDecember 12, 2017change the world Comment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring Christmas trees, pie crusts, and tree cathedrals.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondDecember 8, 2017Comment
brothers and sisters
brothers and sisters

With all the crazy in the world, let's remember each other.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondDecember 5, 2017syria Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring Finnish coffee, fashion and find art.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondDecember 1, 2017shantell martin Comment
on giving (after receiving so much)
on giving (after receiving so much)

My friendship circle is full of innkeepers.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondNovember 27, 2017christmas Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring Advent of Light, airplanes and Alanis.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondNovember 17, 2017 Comment
moving toward home
moving toward home

Learning about what makes a home.  And taking steps to get there.

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chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondNovember 14, 2017blanket, home Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

A puffer fish, a painting and Pete Souza.  So much loveliness.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondNovember 10, 2017pete souzaComment
#tbt last night:  the beauty of routine
#tbt last night: the beauty of routine

Routine is often seen as a bad thing.  But I'm loving the hell out of it, these days.

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placesKaren WalrondNovember 9, 2017leland isley, guitar lessonsComment
on gratitude
on gratitude

I've never formally shared my thoughts on gratitude.  Here they are.

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chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondNovember 6, 2017gratitude, gratitude practice Comments
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"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.
"...rather than simply being a workshop where I have access to a wheel, the pottery has become a home-away-from-home, a “third space” — that place that’s not home and not work, but where I still connect with others in com
Hitting the road headed home after a lovely #mom2summit. But first…
 

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