KAREN WALROND
Home Books Speaking Coaching the make light journal
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KAREN WALROND
lightmaker • radiant rebel • total amateur
 

CHOOKOOLOONKS

a journal about making light by karen walrond

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connection (79/100)
connection (79/100)

Ask me anything.

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big plansKaren WalrondOctober 10, 2020Comment
this was a good week (78/100)
this was a good week (78/100)

Featuring a floating home, international meals, and an unexpected inventor.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondOctober 9, 2020Comment
the mango tree (77/100)
the mango tree (77/100)

File under “things that remind me of home.”

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placesKaren WalrondOctober 8, 2020 Comments
serenity now (76/100)
serenity now (76/100)

An image and music to help calm.

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Karen WalrondOctober 7, 2020 Comments
I got interviewed on lifehacker (75/100)
I got interviewed on lifehacker (75/100)

This interview was so much fun.

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Karen WalrondOctober 6, 2020 Comment
i'm not kidding:  register to vote (74/100)
i'm not kidding: register to vote (74/100)

TODAY IS THE DEADLINE.

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big plansKaren WalrondOctober 5, 2020 Comments
americans: register. to. vote. (73/100)
americans: register. to. vote. (73/100)

We are running out of time.

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big plansKaren WalrondOctober 4, 2020Comment
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
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"As I walked around the stalls looking at the work of all sorts of artisans — woodworkers, potters, knitters, bakers, butchers, cheesemongers, to name just a few — I thought, well, here’s one deeply European custom that America
One last look around before locking up and heading back to the US.

Thank you, Bath, you’re beginning to feel like home. ❤️🇬🇧
Last night was my last speaking event of the year — and now I’m free to get into the Christmas spirit! 🎄So today, during a break in the (ever-persistent) rain, I walked into town to check out the Bath Christmas market.

It was mobbed.
I
"The house is quiet with my loves gone, but I’ve been enjoying the solitude: save for one day of sightseeing when some dear friends from the States came in town for a visit, I’ve been viewing the alone-time as a creative retreat, of
 

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