About Karen

Here are some of my favorite things…

many of these are in my office where I can see them frequently.

Each has special meaning to me.

Perhaps they will help you get to know me better…

(Mouse-over for my “notes”)

Adventure
Adopted on a business trip to New Orleans when I was 20-something
A Goodwill treasure!
Cut Loose
Motivation? Sometimes THIS is just what I need! 🙂
I love fiber art and I use this to store my paper clips
Forest Path
Can you smell the pines and feel the cool air?
The colors!
Hayfield
This looks SO much like the view from my bedroom window on the farm where I grew up.
Brought home from a riverbed in the Hoh Rainforest more than 30 years ago - "perspective"
Leap
Always a visual pick-me-up!
I love the Minion voices and their goofiness
My mouse pad reminds me that learning to paint with watercolors is on my Bucket List
The model I made for a craft project I did with my 4 granddaughters last fall - love the googly eyes with lashes! 😀
Yang wire art found in a little shop in Carmel.

When I’m learning about something, I like to start with the Big Picture, getting clear about its purpose.

Then I look closely at the pieces and their connections and how they work together and contribute to the whole.

As I do this, I see patterns and possibilities. I also see missing pieces and the what if’s…

I like to work with people collaboratively.

I want to understand CAUSE

– not in a “Who’s to blame?” way

– but in a “If we change this, will the result be different?
Will it be better?
Will the new result be worth the effort it took to make the change?”
way.

If you’re interested in a more traditional About Me page, click below.

My “resume”