Lisa Goyne

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Occupation Yet to be determined
Location Portland, Oregon
Introduction Dreamer, wisher, hoper, prayer, liar? Been that. What I want now is to be a magic-bean-buyer.
Interests Northern towns, walking in the woods, skiing, the nighttime sky, learning about my camera and thus, light.
Favorite Books I wish I'd raised more hell and made more mistakes, real mistakes, where you actually do something wrong instead of just let yourself drift into things you don't like -Tobias Wolff/Leviathan. When a truth is not so important, it is better left as a mystery -Bryce Courtenay/The Power of One. Life's benchmarks, I came to realize are luck and love, the migration of whales, the changing of weather -George Guthridge/the kids from nowhere. Sometimes I think that it's like this: We used to roar like tigers, and we hunted like tigers. Then lions came along, and we said to ourselves wouldn't it be nice to be like lions? So, we roared like lions and hunted like lions. But then we realized we weren't lions. And we found out we weren't tigers anymore, either -the kids from nowhere. When your heart speaks, take good notes -Judith Campbell/Three Cups of Tea. When I was a child, my grandmother told me that the sky speaks to those who look and listen to it -Ishmael Beah/A Long Way Gone. What information am I lacking that I must be in possession of, to live my life as it's meant to be lived -Joyce Carol Oates/We Were The Mulvaneys. A camellia can change fate -Muriel Barbery/The Elegance of a Hedgehog. No one is born just once -Anne Michaels/Fugitive Pieces. It is your future you are remembering - Fugitive Pieces. Nothing releases the dreamer; not death in the dream, not waking -Fugitive Pieces.

You've successfully slain the dragon! How will you toast your marshmallows?

I'm trading my marshmallows for wine and raising a toast instead!