Lisa Carnochan

Category: Raptures/Analysis

To all in the Asian community, I feel for your fear and sorrow and rage and I am thinking of you I have exhausted

March 20, 2021 37 Comments

Inheritance

Imagine I write this post with no trace of anger in my voice. It’s true. This year the American media covered Inaugural fashion in perhaps

January 23, 2021 35 Comments

I really meant to start 2021 with a light-hearted post about sofas, or decluttering, or sweatpants. We’re all frayed and we deserve some fun. I

January 9, 2021 57 Comments

Raptures/Analysis

Yesterday we woke up to something blowing through the branches of my young trees. Being well beyond judgment by that point, I could have sworn

November 7, 2020 31 Comments

Our air has cleared; our weather is beautiful. I deadheaded my roses a bit this morning, which I like to do intermittently in between writing

September 19, 2020 33 Comments

In retirement, I have changed my approach to accomplishment. I moved from a detailed to-do list, to simply trying to hit a few defined marks

May 2, 2020 49 Comments

Raptures/Analysis

So it was Valentine’s Day yesterday and this morning I had a weird thought. It seems to me that we most commonly know we have

February 15, 2020 20 Comments

Last November, on somewhat of a lark, I took a “holiday employee” position at a well-known home goods retailer. This Tuesday will be the last

February 1, 2020 48 Comments

Raptures/Analysis

I was talking to my son, a good man, about Utopia. In fact, he was talking about the vision he and his friends have for

August 24, 2019 45 Comments

Raptures/Analysis

It’s gray and overcast this morning. I couldn’t be more pleased. I don’t know if the sun was so strong when I was young, but

July 20, 2019 34 Comments

Culture of Origin

Just in case you hadn’t been wholly saturated by the Met “Camp”-themed Gala I have been asked to discuss. I shall oblige. What am I

May 11, 2019 33 Comments

This morning we’ve had a blueish sort of sky. I think it’s turning taupe but that might just be me projecting. In any case, the

November 17, 2018 36 Comments