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lizzil

The day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blosso

About Me


"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."~Oscar Wilde

Liz --
[noun]:

A master of storytelling

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

I like words. I like strands of words. I like to make phrases and sentences out of strands of words. I like to make paragraphs out of phrases and sentences. Sometimes the paragraphs become stories. Sometimes the sentences and phrases become poems. Some call me a writer. I'm basically just a person who likes words. If I could eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I would.

http://liannaa.blogspot.com

My Interests

words. water. playing with fire. couchsurfing.com. the smell of books. pens. horses. dancing. specifically salsa dancing. riding bikes. arizona. creativity for peace. hiking. earth. piano. being sarcastic. making bad puns. eating papayas. ecology. photography. puerto rico. music. musicians. purple rain. being a nerd. zoology and biology. high heels. writing. llama face. singing. souls. ocean waves. literature. breath. conservation and sustainability. platanos. lips. plants. gnawing on shoulders. mango smoothies. easter lilies. the desert. computers. blood red. crystals. astrology. poetry and short stories. penguins. mythology. environmental science. annie dillard. amber. animals. argyle socks. arizona. art. aveda. bad puns. balthasar disdains the lemon. barbara kingsolver. bare feet. beanies. bellydance. books. both hands. calla lillies. anais nin. candles. chai tea. coffee. computers. contradiction. coquito. dancing. dark chocolate. dreaming. el coqui. elves. essential oils. faeries and unicorns. fire. fish. flamenco. flannel pants. funky hats. gabriel garcia marquez. gardening. goddess. guitars. high heels. hot showers. ice skating. james dean. jasmine. joni mitchell. jupiter. la ley. languages. las olas del mar. latin music. latinos. laughing. lavender. life. lizards. louise erdrich. love actually. massages. mis amigas. moments of zen. monsoons. noam chomsky. nourishing my soul. old souls with a good story to tell. pablo neruda. palm reading. paprika. people who play guitar. plum wine. pool. port. pretending i'm a mermaid. purr. putting on lipstick. reading. road trips. robi draco rosa. robin. rosemary. running. sage. salsa dancing. sarcasm. semi-colons. shoes. silk. snapdragons. snow. soul siblings. spanish. spinning in circles. spontaneity. sun on my skin. surfing. tea. the desert. the ocean. the scent of gardenia. the thought of india. thunder and lightening. tiger lillies. tori amos. traveling. urban legends. living. everything.

I'd like to meet:

Tori and Prince. On a piano.

Music:

Tori Amos, Prince, Lila Downs, Damien Rice, Dave Matthews Band, Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Poe, salsa, Otis Redding, Antony and the Johnsons, Ryan Adams, Jack Johnson, Peter Gabriel, Blondie, Ben Folds Five, Ricardo Arjona, Robi Draco Rosa, Andrea Maxand, i is for ida, Bright Eyes, ThaMuseMeant, Shakira, Mozart, Nosotros, Savor, Flogging Molly, Yann Tiersen, Toad the Wet Sprocket, David Bowie, La India, John Lennon, Route 66 Killers, Dixie Chicks, Celia Cruz, Billie Myers, Juanes, Nickel Creek, Tarkan, Grupo Fantasma, Ozomatli, Sacha Sacket, Gipsy Kings, D Numbers, Weird Al, La Ley, Ibrahim Ferrar, Michael Jackson, Barry White, Billy Idol, Suzanne Vega, Allison Krauss. And more.

Television:

NO

Books:

Anything by Annie Dillard. Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Quipu by Arthur Sze. House of Incest by Anais Nin. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things by Larry Dossey. Most books by Craig Childs. Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells. Elegy by Larry Levis. And so many more.

Heroes:

All the girls who participate in the Creativity for Peace camps: http://creativityforpeace.com

My Blog

tagged

So, I have been tagged by Jon W. I am supposed to say ten random/weird/interesting things about myself, then tag 10 other people to do the same. Here we go: 1. I have one pupil that is bigger than t...
Posted by lizzil on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:48:00 PST

new website

My magazine's website has been revamped. Please take a look at santafean.com and let me know what you think. There's an archive of back issues; anyone interested in reading something I've written ca...
Posted by lizzil on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:03:00 PST

Why I'm here

So, my website (and thus my email address) went down and it was the only way a lot of people knew to contact me. Please don't write to me at this account; I won't be checking it that often. Send e-m...
Posted by lizzil on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:01:00 PST