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KAREN WALROND
lightmaker • radiant rebel • total amateur
 

CHOOKOOLOONKS

a journal about making light by karen walrond

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on community, algorithms  and humanity
on community, algorithms and humanity

or, a return to connection

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big plans, random thoughtsKaren WalrondApril 7, 2025
on lowering our expectations, but not our standards
on lowering our expectations, but not our standards

what works in dating might work in life.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondMarch 31, 2025
intentional amateurism & transcendent growth
intentional amateurism & transcendent growth

what would you try if you were open to failing?

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how to make lightKaren WalrondMarch 17, 2025
in defense of empathy
in defense of empathy

despite what’s apparently en vogue

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondMarch 10, 2025
chronicle
chronicle

the declaration of your story

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondMarch 3, 2025
the delightful pursuit of new challenges
the delightful pursuit of new challenges

and the joy of unnecessary knowledge

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big plans, how to make lightKaren WalrondFebruary 24, 2025
excavation & integration
excavation & integration

digging into past lives for adventures forward

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big plansKaren WalrondFebruary 17, 2025
a quick primer for handling overwhelm
a quick primer for handling overwhelm

or, how to keep making light in dark times

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how to make lightKaren WalrondFebruary 10, 2025
should I stay or should I go now?
should I stay or should I go now?

thoughts from a black immigrant woman

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big plansKaren WalrondJanuary 27, 2025
power, love, kindness & justice
power, love, kindness & justice

and the potency of militant nonviolence

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondJanuary 20, 2025
in defense of dabbling
in defense of dabbling

think of this as a new habit you’ll love to keep.

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big plansKaren WalrondJanuary 13, 2025
limbo
limbo

how slow can you go?

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family, how to make light, random thoughtsKaren WalrondDecember 16, 2024
sgraffito
sgraffito

letting go of what doesn’t serve

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big plansKaren WalrondDecember 9, 2024
but just look at us holding on
but just look at us holding on

looks like we’re making it.

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familyKaren WalrondNovember 25, 2024
on welcoming places
on welcoming places

the healing power of refuge and welcome.

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how to make light, places, random thoughtsKaren WalrondNovember 18, 2024
we are still here
we are still here

this is all I’m capable of thinking right now.

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random thoughtsKaren WalrondNovember 11, 2024
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HEY BOSTON! 

I'll be speaking this week at the Brown Forum for Women in the Law -- an activist-forward law school with impressive alums. This year's theme is "Generations of Justice : Sharing Experiences Across Ages," and I'm honoured to b
NEW WEBINAR SERIES! Please join me and other authors in this free webinar series, Where Do We Go From Here: Conversations About Community, Creativity, and Resistance. As headlines change on a daily—if not hourly—basis, we wonder what our
COMMUNITY + HUMANITY > AUDIENCE + FOLLOWERS

Yeah, I said it.

On today's Substack, I talk about the evolution of personal narrative online, and why I'm returning to my values. It's not you, it's Z*ck.

To that end, come join me -- this graphic sh
Sharing a couple of photos of the begonias Marcus planted in our garden (aren’t they lovely?) to let you know that the times, they are a-changin’, and my time here on the socials will be drawing nigh. I’ll explain it all in my comin
 

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