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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it's IN.
it's IN.

I’ve turned it in! Radiant Rebellion is out next fall.

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big plansKaren WalrondOctober 9, 2022 Comments
well, it’s not far down to paradise
well, it’s not far down to paradise

And thus, a new project is born.

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big plansKaren WalrondOctober 1, 2022 Comments
another getaway
another getaway

I don’t care what Marcus says, we were camping.

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placesKaren WalrondSeptember 11, 2022Comment
it's just hair
it's just hair

Thoughts about going silver.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondAugust 31, 2022 Comments
and she's off
and she's off

A new chapter begins.

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family, places, big plansKaren WalrondAugust 27, 2022Comment
oh YIKES.
oh YIKES.
big plansKaren WalrondAugust 14, 2022 Comments
her beginning begins
her beginning begins

The roller coaster is leaving the gate.

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familyKaren WalrondAugust 8, 2022 Comments
self-compassion
self-compassion

Let’s hear it for the slow.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondAugust 5, 2022 Comment
transitions
transitions

The times, they are a-changin’.

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family, friendsKaren WalrondJuly 27, 2022 Comments
no going back
no going back

Thoughts about “after the pandemic.”

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondJuly 20, 2022 Comments
context, indigo & 55
context, indigo & 55

Some thoughts on my fifty-fifth birthday.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondJuly 16, 2022 Comments
getaway
getaway

A mini-sabbatical.

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placesKaren WalrondJuly 15, 2022Comment
in the pause
in the pause

Today knocked me for a loop.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondJune 24, 2022 Comments
a little desert and a lot of writing
a little desert and a lot of writing

A quick pop-in while I write.

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places, random thoughtsKaren WalrondJune 23, 2022Comment
turks & caicos
turks & caicos

Our trip to Turks & Caicos!

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placesKaren WalrondJune 5, 2022Comment
woods high school, class of 2022!
woods high school, class of 2022!

Alex is officially a high school graduate!

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familyKaren WalrondMay 23, 2022 Comments
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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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