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BAD PERSONALITY, OR JUST A BAD DAY

The last time you had an exchange with someone that didn’t go well and left you wondering, ‘do they have a bad personality, or was it a bad moment in a bad day?’ It’s a fair question, but only if you never see them again. If you see them regularly, you know. So do they. […]

MY TOGETHERNESS: HOW IT STARTED, HOW IT’S GOING

My togetherness started in my mom’s backyard with the girl in the blue summer dress, the one she wore when I first saw her. We seemed to get along okay in NW Portland, so I took a flier and had her meet the family. Everyone was in Eugene for my granddad’s visit from Texas. My […]

LIFE SWITCH: IT’S EITHER ON OR OFF, NO ‘OTHER’

A life switch is not a light switch. We know what a light switch is, the thing on a wall connected to a light bulb. One moment it’s dark in the room, then it’s not. That’s the light switch. Light to dark, or dark to light. A Life Switch doesn’t work the same way.

PUBLIC PERSONALITY FAIL DISAPPOINTS YOUR MOMMA

Displaying a public personality means taking a side. Otherwise, why bother? If someone has something to say, by all means, get it out. Say your piece, then sit down. But that’s not the way it works. Too often they skip the part about sitting down. The correct way to present a public personality goes like […]