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A couple of days ago I changed the primary domain for this site from karenalma.com to karen.blog. I’m pretty excited! You can get yours too at get.blog or at WordPress.com!
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My great-grandmother on my mom’s side, Anna Brue Tjernagel, wore this gorgeous dress for her wedding back in 1904. It became something of a tradition for brides in the family to wear the dress. That’s what we call it: The Dress. If you say “The Dress” to any woman in the family and they’ll know…
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And let me let you in on a secret. The coffee inside that mug? It has a dash of nutmeg, cloves, and cardamom. And a drop or two of honey. Deliciousness in a WordPress mug. Forgive the super long title! This is posted from my iPhone photo library. I’m playing around with ways to post…
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I have a soft spot in my heart for old Tupperware. The colors were amazing, Harvest Gold anyone? Avocado green? And the zigzag tops surely had some purpose back in the day, but they were super annoying to wash. Hand wash, of course, because we didn’t have a dish washer when I was growing up. …
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There is nothing so satisfying as a little Charlotte Brönte on a quiet morning. Mug of coffee in one hand, book in the other. I’ve been carrying this book in my backpack next to my laptop for a couple of months now. I keep meaning to pull it out and read it – re-read it,…
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My office for the day is on wheels somewhere in Eastern Washington. Mobile hotspot is holding out for the most part. Good times. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Karen (Kuster) Arnold (@iamkarenalma)
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Seen outside the RV park I’m at: I only need coffee on days beginning with y. Cliche at this point, but yes yes and yes. And also yes.
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I emptied my work email and have a couple of pending items in my personal email. I am feeling super accomplished!!! And I feel so much better about this coming week now.
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During our free time in Whistler during the Automattic Grand Meetup, we took a hike out to an old train wreck. In 1920ish sometime, a train was hurtling down the track going twice as fast as it should have been, and the cars flew off the track when the train went around the bend. Apparently,…
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Coworking with some pretty great Happiness Engineers. While many of our colleagues are working on projects and taking classes here at the Automattic Grand Meetup, we’ve elected to work on answering forum threads, support tickets, and other Happiness work. We’re working hard. Well, not in this picture, but generally, there is a lot of work…









