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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this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring a knitted fence, chalk graffiti, and 100 days of vertical video.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondJuly 26, 2019 Comment
our home tour with design mom
our home tour with design mom

Our home is on Design Mom!

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chookooloonks rebuildKaren WalrondJuly 24, 2019 Comment
the make light summer break:  on finding purpose
the make light summer break: on finding purpose

Join me on my walk in the woods as I share the questions I ask myself to identify my purpose.

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the make light showKaren WalrondJuly 23, 2019Comment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring a wind ballet, a giant tapestry, and a camera made out of a shipping container

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondJuly 19, 2019Comment
what are you passionate about?
what are you passionate about?

What keeps you up at night? What makes you want to fight?

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how to make lightKaren WalrondJuly 18, 2019 Comments
what do people thank you for?
what do people thank you for?

Changing the world should be fun.

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how to make lightKaren WalrondJuly 17, 2019 Comments
fifty-two
fifty-two

My birthday wish.

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Karen WalrondJuly 16, 2019 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring volleyball, optical illusion murals, and blues musicians.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondJuly 12, 2019Comment
sparkle
sparkle

Moments of light for which I’m grateful.

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Karen WalrondJuly 10, 2019Comment
the make light summer break:  on learning something new
the make light summer break: on learning something new

Want to stay youthful? Learn something new.

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the make light showKaren WalrondJuly 9, 2019Comment
the birth of an heirloom
the birth of an heirloom

Two dear friends, who don’t even know each other, collectively made me this incredible gift.

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Karen WalrondJuly 7, 2019 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring a solar eclipse, an inflatable labyrinth, and a pug with moves.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondJuly 5, 2019Comment
sparkle
sparkle

Sparkle is new series, where I share the moments of “light” for which I’m grateful.

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familyKaren WalrondJuly 3, 2019Comment
how you can help with the humanitarian crisis at the u.s. border
how you can help with the humanitarian crisis at the u.s. border

Feeling helpless? Here’s how you can help.

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Karen WalrondJuly 2, 2019 Comments
 a confession, a revelation and a commitment
a confession, a revelation and a commitment

A recommitment to purpose here on Chookooloonks.

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big plansKaren WalrondJuly 1, 2019 Comments
savannah, day 5 (and this was a good week!)
savannah, day 5 (and this was a good week!)

Featuring possibly haunted staircases, an epic reading list, and an all-female around-the-world sailing crew.

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places, a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondJune 28, 2019savannah 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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