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KAREN WALROND
lightmaker • radiant rebel • total amateur
 

CHOOKOOLOONKS

a journal about making light by karen walrond

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covid buddies (72/100)
covid buddies (72/100)

COVID buddies for the win.

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familyKaren WalrondOctober 3, 2020Comment
no this-was-a-good-week post today (71/100)
no this-was-a-good-week post today (71/100)

We’re glued to the news.

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Karen WalrondOctober 2, 2020Comment
social distance happy hour, redux (70/100)
social distance happy hour, redux (70/100)

Feeling gratitude for good neighbours.

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placesKaren WalrondOctober 1, 2020Comment
we the people choose love (69/100)
we the people choose love (69/100)

Choose love. CHOOSE. LOVE.

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big plans, friends, how to make lightKaren WalrondSeptember 30, 2020 Comments
it's finally here! (68/100)
it's finally here! (68/100)

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, summer.

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placesKaren WalrondSeptember 29, 2020 Comments
interloper (67/100)
interloper (67/100)
placesKaren WalrondSeptember 28, 2020 Comments
bingeing on the west wing (66/100)
bingeing on the west wing (66/100)

Around here, we numb with aspirational television.

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placesKaren WalrondSeptember 27, 2020 Comment
procrastination (65/100)
procrastination (65/100)

This is one trying year.

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friendsKaren WalrondSeptember 26, 2020 Comments
this was a good week (64/100)
this was a good week (64/100)

I’m talkin’ ‘bout a revolution.

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big plansKaren WalrondSeptember 25, 2020Comment
someone turned 51 today (63/100)
someone turned 51 today (63/100)

I also bought him a head tube badge. Shockingly, it’s not as dirty as it sounds.

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Karen WalrondSeptember 24, 2020Comment
i'm listening, crepe myrtle (62/100)
i'm listening, crepe myrtle (62/100)

Be like the crepe myrtle.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondSeptember 23, 2020 Comments
that's enough, now (61/100)
that's enough, now (61/100)

You know, the west coast, for example, could use this water …

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placesKaren WalrondSeptember 22, 2020Comment
words of wisdom (60/100)
words of wisdom (60/100)

Words to live by.

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how to make lightKaren WalrondSeptember 21, 2020Comment
waiting for the rain (59/100)
waiting for the rain (59/100)

I mean, we’re going to be totally fine.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondSeptember 20, 2020Comment
writer's life (58/100)
writer's life (58/100)

Just trying to keep the word count up at this point.

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placesKaren WalrondSeptember 19, 2020Comment
this was a good week (57/100)
this was a good week (57/100)

Featuring Oscar, Prince & Alicia.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondSeptember 18, 2020 Comment
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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
“In other words, it occurs to me that in a world where cruelty and acts of war make headlines, allowing ourselves moments of awe and collective effervescence is a life-affirming way to access kinship — and perhaps, therefore, a first step
Hello, lovelies -- time for a reintroduction.

I'm Karen Walrond, an award-winning author, speaker, leadership coach, and workshop facilitator, and I help people and organizations cultivate and practice value-centered, compassionate leadership. As an
"After I read that article, I saw a lot of folks online mocking the term "micro-retirement.” Many of the ones poking fun were Gen X or older; a considerable number were people living outside of America, in more time-off-friendly cultu
 

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