Once again, First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them!

This time it is all about Karen! Karen Blixen* author - Rungsted, Zealand, Denmark (1885) Karen Black* actress – Park Ridge, IL USA (1939) Karen Carpenter* singer - New Haven, CT USA (1950) Karen Allen* actress – Carrollton, IL USA (1951) pic Karen Ann Quinlan* an important figure in the history of the right to die controversy in the United States - Scranton, PA USA (1954) Karen Smyers* triathlete - Corry, PA USA (1961) Karen Strassman* voice actress - Washington, D.C. USA (1966) Karen Nyberg* engineer/astronaut - Parkers Prairie, MN USA (1969) Karen McDougal* model/ actress - Merrillville, IN USA (1971) Karen Zoid* South African rock singer/guitarist - Brussels, Belgium (1978) Karen Chen* figure skater - Fremont, CA USA (1999) Updated 3.3.2021