KAREN WALROND
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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 (50/100)
this was a good week (50/100)

Featuring magnolias, flamingos and Dorothy Parker.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondSeptember 11, 2020 Comment
fine, alex, it's fall (49/100)
fine, alex, it's fall (49/100)

Okay, kid, you win.

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family, placesKaren WalrondSeptember 10, 2020 Comment
building (48/100)
building (48/100)

The garage is his happy place.

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familyKaren WalrondSeptember 9, 2020 Comments
first day of 11th grade (47/100)
first day of 11th grade (47/100)

Let’s do this.

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familyKaren WalrondSeptember 8, 2020 Comments
stormy labor day (46/100)
stormy labor day (46/100)

Home for the holiday.

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placesKaren WalrondSeptember 7, 2020Comment
summer work (45/100)
summer work (45/100)

Our budding artist.

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familyKaren WalrondSeptember 6, 2020Comment
getting ready for school (44/100)
getting ready for school (44/100)

Time to get ready for school.

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familyKaren WalrondSeptember 5, 2020 Comment
this was a good week (43/100)
this was a good week (43/100)

Featuring corn soup, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kenny Loggins ruining Christmas.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondSeptember 4, 2020 Comments
I was completely taken by this flower ... (42/100)
I was completely taken by this flower ... (42/100)

Yeah, I thought this was a pretty flower, too.

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placesKaren WalrondSeptember 3, 2020Comment
the old oak (41/100)
the old oak (41/100)

Enjoying the solitude of these quiet grounds.

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placesKaren WalrondSeptember 2, 2020Comment
summer vacation (40/100)
summer vacation (40/100)

We need this break.

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placesKaren WalrondSeptember 1, 2020Comment
change of scenery (39/100)
change of scenery (39/100)

It was time.

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placesKaren WalrondAugust 31, 2020Comment
an act of personal resistance (38/100)
an act of personal resistance (38/100)

Taking care of yourself is an act of resistance.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondAugust 30, 2020 Comments
the lightmaker's manifesto: how to work for change without losing your joy (37/100)
the lightmaker's manifesto: how to work for change without losing your joy (37/100)

We finally have a title for the book!

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big plansKaren WalrondAugust 29, 2020Comment
there was good in this week (36/100)
there was good in this week (36/100)

Featuring kindness, empathy & action.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondAugust 28, 2020Comment
how to help hurricane laura victims (35/100)
how to help hurricane laura victims (35/100)

The folks in Louisiana could use your help.

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Karen WalrondAugust 27, 2020Comment
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"...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…
"I loved this so much: 'stay human' feels like a more realistic, more imperative goal; more than 'stay calm,' far more than 'stay positive.” It feels like what the Artemis II astronauts were reminding us to do. And it feels … I dunn
Portrait of the indubitably amateur potter and the mug she made.

(I now have a set of 8 non-identical-mugs-despite-trying-to-make-them-identical, and 8 similarly-non-matching bowls, so if anyone wants to come over for a breakfast of fruit and yogurt
 

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