Lynn McClintock 
Washington, United States
What is the one word that describes you? Adventurous
- What is your idea of perfect happiness?Making a difference, healthy kids, precious friends, a good workout, daily astonishments, belly laughs, loving and being loved.
- What is your greatest ultimate fear?Disconnection
- What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?Does Everything Always have to be an Opus?
- What is the trait you most deplore in others?Cruelty
- Which living person do you most admire?My two kids
- What is your greatest extravagance?Keeping my hairdresser, Sylvie, well provided for.
- What is your current state of mind?Stimulated, scattered, thrilled
- What do you consider the most overrated virtue?Articulate-ness, Articu...Articularionism, Artic...Articu-lushiousness...Articu-loquation....
- On what occasion do you lie?Saying I don't mind when I do.
- What do you most dislike about your appearance?I'm cool with me. Ok, well, I'd like Michelle arms.
- Which living person do you most despise?Ask me.
- What is the quality you most like in a man?Integrity. Add to that: sense of humor, honesty, fun-loving, intellect, great smile, life-experienced, open-minded. curious, kind, generous, spiritual.
- What is the quality you most like in a woman?Same as a man.
- Which words or phrases do you most overuse?Probably shouldn't put in print....
- What or who is the greatest love of your life?I thought I knew, but I was wrong.
- When and where were you happiest?Anything to do with my kids...holding them, watching them grow, laughing with them, cheering them on., sending them off to live their lives.
- Which talent would you most like to have?Fearlessness
- If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?Less second-guessing
- What do you consider your greatest achievement?Kids and co-creating Joining Hands
- If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?Elf
- Where would you most like to live?Tropics.
- What is your most treasured possession?150 year old painting of sleeping girl. Painted by female ancestor who used male nom de plume to keep painting in a male-dominated artist culture
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?Betrayal from someone deeply trusted.
- What is your favorite occupation?Self-appointed comedienne
- What is your most marked characteristic?I've never met anyone I couldn't make laugh (who cares if they're laughting AT me?).
- What do you most value in your friends?Joy.
- Who are your favorite writers?Comtemporary: Anne Lamott, Barbara Brown Taylor, Pablo Neruda, Wendell Berry, Barbara Kingsolver
- Who is your hero of fiction?
- Which historical figure do you most identify with?
- Who are your heroes in real life?
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- What is it that you most dislike?
- What is your greatest regret?
- How would you like to die?
- What is your motto?Chase the dream, not the competition.





