Winona Dimeo-Ediger

Practically speaking, if you want to try a fashion trend that you’re not initially comfortable with, approach it the same way you would an awkward convo with your mom or a spontaneous skinny dip in a freezing lake: ease in.

Old friends make it possible to conduct entire conversations in inside jokes, like a secret code you’ve taken 15 years to hone.

These things could never happen. But WHAT IF THEY DID?

At any given moment 43% of Portland residents are chained to something in protest. The other 57% are already in jail for chaining themselves to other things.

Recently, I challenged myself to something radical: What if I didn't wear makeup for awhile?

The other day I met up with my friend Paige at a coffee shop. She went to the bathroom, came back, and said, “So, the toilet paper roll was empty, and I almost didn’t put a new roll on, but then I thought, ‘Be the change you want to see in the world,’ and I changed it.” She beamed triumphantly, and I said, “Paige, you’re a hero.”

"Cute dress!" "This? I literally found it in a dumpster behind Baja Fresh."

If you don’t have a pair of pixie pants, girl, you need to get a pair of pixie pants.

You’re washing dishes or sorting laundry or grocery shopping, half-listening to a random Pandora station when it happens: Your favorite song from 7th grade starts playing.

"I’ve been on three rollercoasters in my life. I hated every second of all of them."