Karen Walrond

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  1. (VIDEO) Own Your Beauty: What We've Learned

    8/30/11 8:54pm by Karen Walrond
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    Smiling Woman

    A year ago, we began our journey here on Own Your Beauty; as with all good things, we have come to our end.  Read more >

  2. Seven Tips for Better Photography This Summer

    8/27/11 5:04pm by Karen Walrond
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    Bubbles

    [Editor's note: Here's a post from last year by Karen Walrond of Chookooloonks and Own Your Beauty -- they're such good tips from such an amazing photographer that I had to re-feature them in this Month of Photo Tips. -- Julie]  Read more >

  3. Poverty and Promise in Kibera

    7/29/11 11:47am by Karen Walrond
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    Kibera slum

    Today, we visited Kibera, a huge slum located in Nairobi, and the largest slum in Kenya. In preparation for this trip, I did considerable online research about Kibera, and much of the information that I found was contradictory: I heard that Kibera is the second-largest slum in Africa, and third-largest in the world, but I'm not sure if either of those statistics are true. I've read information that states the population of Kibera is 250,000, but I've also read that it tops 1,000,000 people, so who knows what the real number is.  Read more >

  4. How Kenyan Women Are Decreasing Infant Mortality

    7/27/11 7:32am by Karen Walrond
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    Kenya Villagers

    After a first full day of learning about home healthcare visits and HIV testing, day 2 of our trip to Kisumu was dedicated to learning about maternal and newborn health in Kenya.  Read more >

  5. Live From Kenya: Home Health Visits & Being a Life Changer

    7/27/11 12:02am by Karen Walrond
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    Grace

    Karibu Kenya!After 24 hours of travel, we arrived in Nairobi late Sunday evening, and made a beeline for our beds to get some rest before hitting the ground running bright and early on Monday morning. We made our way back to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 7 a.m. to take an early domestic flight to Kisumu, Kenya's third largest city, on the shores of Lake Victoria.  Though I didn't know this before, Kisumu and its surrounding Nyanza province is Ground Zero when it comes to infectious diseases:  HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, among others, are endemic in the aria, and the highest prevalence in Kenya is found in this region.  It also happens to be one of the poorest regions in the country.  Read more >

  6. What Makes a Woman Sexy?

    7/26/11 8:35pm by Karen Walrond
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    Pearl Necklace

    Earlier this month, my friend Victoria and I shared with you our thoughts about confidence being the ultimate form of sex appeal. Over the past few weeks, I've had second thoughts. I mean, what if the only reason we believed this was because we're women and simply wanted to believe this was the case? I mean, let's face it: As women -- to some extent -- we sort of have a conflict of interest when it comes to what makes a woman sexy.  Read more >

  7. Victoria Gardner: We Can Determine If We're Sexy

    7/5/11 8:31pm by Karen Walrond
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    Victoria Gardner

    "Hi," she said, warmly. "I'm Alys. It's so good to meet you." As soon as she walked up to me, I caught my breath. She was short -- at 5'8", I towered over her. She was more curvy than slender, and had very short dark hair. Her eyes danced, and her smile was huge, and I'm here to tell you, this woman was straight. up. sexy.  Read more >

  8. When "They" Say Something, They're Not Talking About You

    6/21/11 7:00pm by Karen Walrond
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    Chris Guillebeau

    Earlier this month, I had the privilege of speaking at the World Domination Summit, the conference masterminded by the impressive Chris Guillebeau. Chris is the author of the blog The Art of Nonconformity, and the purpose of this summit was to answer the question "How do we live a remarkable life in a conventional world?"  Read more >

  9. Clothes Are Not for Hiding Flaws: Style and Self-Expression With Erin Loechner

    5/31/11 5:18pm by Karen Walrond
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    Erin Loechner

    The thing I love about clothing, you see, is how a necessity -- items which, let's face it, are really just supposed to keep the weather out -- has involved into a form of self-expression.  Read more >

  10. Molly Ringwald: On Growing Up, Growing Older, and Growing Confident

    5/24/11 8:53am by Karen Walrond
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    Molly Ringwald

     Every once in a while, you get lucky in life. Like, you know, despite billboards proclaiming the opposite, the world doesn't end. Or, even better, BlogHer makes it possible for you to meet, interview and photograph Molly Ringwald.  Read more >

Karen

Full Name
Karen
Member Since
January 2006
About Me: 
I'm a writer, photographer and author living 
in the Houston area.  
You can see my work at Chookooloonks.
And you can buy my book, The Beauty of Different.

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