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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
this was a good week

Featuring butterfly wings, an awesome obituary and a Jamiroquai/Bee Gees mashup.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondOctober 12, 2018 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring horror movies, Japanese funeral flower arrangements, and cross-stitch for hip-hop.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondOctober 5, 2018Comment
but i'm thinking of you.  yes, yes i am.
but i'm thinking of you. yes, yes i am.

I know I’ve been absent. It’s not you, it’s me.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondOctober 4, 2018 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring lessons from comedy, winding roads, and Daryl Hall & Kenny Loggins.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondSeptember 28, 2018 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring rugs, trombones and terrifyingly realistic masks.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondSeptember 21, 2018Comment
on the formation of global view, and honouring heritage
on the formation of global view, and honouring heritage

Between dolls and DNA tests, my worldview has always been global.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondSeptember 19, 2018 Comments
get ready for the light
get ready for the light

Hang in there, friends. Light is coming.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondSeptember 14, 2018 Comment
make light, season 3, episode 15:  lessons from Harvey
make light, season 3, episode 15: lessons from Harvey

It’s been a year since Hurricane Harvey. Here’s what I learned.

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the make light showKaren WalrondSeptember 11, 2018 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Chromophobia, accidental murals, and I’m lovin’ it.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondSeptember 7, 2018 Comments
make light, season 3, episode 14:  pivoting
make light, season 3, episode 14: pivoting

What to do when you know it’s time to make a change, but aren’t sure what that change should be.

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the make light showKaren WalrondSeptember 4, 2018Comment
a riot of colour
a riot of colour

Because sometimes wild colour is how you get the best peace.

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placesKaren WalrondSeptember 3, 2018Comment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Kids meet an opera singer, a drivable LEGO car, and Godzilla.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondAugust 31, 2018 Comment
make light, season 3, episode, 13:  tasting health
make light, season 3, episode, 13: tasting health

Dr. Reeta Achari joins me to talk about what it really means to eat healthy.

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the make light showKaren WalrondAugust 28, 2018Comment
one year later
one year later

It’s kind of like a growing puppy.

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chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondAugust 27, 2018Comment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring rice murals, a blind surfer, and Janet.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondAugust 24, 2018Comment
make light, season 3, episode 12:  letting go of perfectionism
make light, season 3, episode 12: letting go of perfectionism

There’s a difference between “perfectionism” and “healthy striving.”

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the make light showKaren WalrondAugust 21, 2018Comment
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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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