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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the moment a house feels like home
the moment a house feels like home

It has been different for each of us.

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chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondDecember 10, 2018 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

We have keys!

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chookooloonks rebuild, a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondNovember 30, 2018 Comments
homeward stretch.  literally.
homeward stretch. literally.

Not long now.

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big plans, chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondNovember 28, 2018 Comment
create.2019 -- it's here!
create.2019 -- it's here!

It’s back — create.2019, the self-guided course for planning your new year!

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big plansKaren WalrondNovember 27, 2018Comment
what we did today
what we did today

Because nothing beats boredom than people pretending to be British.

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Karen WalrondNovember 24, 2018 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring a short flight, a giant dinosaur and a lovely youth choir from South Africa.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondNovember 23, 2018 Comments
i'm grateful for ...
i'm grateful for ...

Happy Thanksgiving, friends.

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Karen WalrondNovember 22, 2018Comment
on peace and wishes
on peace and wishes

My new online journaling course is coming back! To get the best deal, be sure to join my email list.

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big plansKaren WalrondNovember 19, 2018 Comments
first day of the holiday week
first day of the holiday week

Time for some downtime.

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Karen WalrondNovember 18, 2018 Comment
bohemian rhapsody
bohemian rhapsody

Rami Malek is Freddie Mercury.

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Karen WalrondNovember 17, 2018 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Dogs on land, dogs of the sea, and the most beautiful eulogy I’ve ever read.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondNovember 16, 2018 Comments
ever closer
ever closer

Your prayers to the Construction and Vacating Premises gods appear to be working. Keep going.

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chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondNovember 15, 2018 Comments
and we still have to buy appliances
and we still have to buy appliances

I ain’t gonna lie — I’m a bit tense.

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chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondNovember 14, 2018 Comments
i'm empty and aching and i don't know why
i'm empty and aching and i don't know why

We live in strange times.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondNovember 13, 2018 Comments
planning some awesome (and a little housekeeping)
planning some awesome (and a little housekeeping)

Meet Kim! We’ve got such good stuff cooking for 2019. Stay tuned.

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friendsKaren WalrondNovember 12, 2018Comment
les bons temps
les bons temps

Don’t tell my mom I posted this, okay?

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Karen WalrondNovember 11, 2018 Comments
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daily light

"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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