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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my word of the year practice
my word of the year practice

How I operationalize my word of the year.

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big plansKaren WalrondJanuary 18, 2021 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring chalk art, self-portraits and bubble wrap oil paintings.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondJanuary 16, 2021Comment
you are who I love
you are who I love

Words from the talented poet Aracelis Girmay. You are who I love, friends.

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how to make lightKaren WalrondJanuary 14, 2021 Comments
this was an insane week
this was an insane week

Lord, what a week.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondJanuary 8, 2021 Comment
we're all here to do what we're all here to do
we're all here to do what we're all here to do

How will you make light this year?

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how to make lightKaren WalrondJanuary 5, 2021 Comments
happy new year!
happy new year!

Wishing you an amazing new year, friends. Let’s do this.

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big plansKaren WalrondJanuary 1, 2021Comment
looks like we made it:  this was a good year
looks like we made it: this was a good year

Happy New Year, lovelies.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondDecember 31, 2020Comment
this was a good week: merry christmas!
this was a good week: merry christmas!

Merry Christmas, friends.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondDecember 25, 2020Comment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring jigsaw puzzles, The Queen’s Gambit, and Georgia on my mind.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondDecember 19, 2020 Comment
create.2021!
create.2021!

For end-of-year introspection.

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big plansKaren WalrondDecember 16, 2020 Comment
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring Banksy, hopeful images, and Scottish snow plows with awesome names.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondDecember 11, 2020Comment
can kind win?
can kind win?

Kindness as an act of resistance.

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how to make light, random thoughtsKaren WalrondDecember 8, 2020 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring joyful Northern lights, the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century, and your Korean dad.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondDecember 4, 2020 Comment
hey! hello! hi!
hey! hello! hi!

I missed you guys.

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placesKaren WalrondDecember 1, 2020 Comments
this was a good week
this was a good week

Featuring comfort food, post-apocalyptic miniatures, and joyful song.

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a little list of good thingsKaren WalrondNovember 20, 2020Comment
kindnesses, and failures thereof
kindnesses, and failures thereof

Wise words from writer George Saunders.

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family, how to make lightKaren WalrondNovember 18, 2020Comment
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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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