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About Me — Katrina Paulson
Following life’s curious adventures through writing
I consider myself creative, but trying to explain who I am always draws a blank — but I’ll do my best.
Family and Childhood
I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. I have a love/hate relationship with the city, but I’m still here. The biggest contributing factor for not leaving is that family means everything to me, and most of mine are in Portland.
My parents were — are — soulmates, although my dad passed away on December 15, 2020. Nothing is worse than cancer. Thankfully, if anything, our grief has brought my family even closer together.
Anyway, I was never one of those kids who did well in school, which sucked since all three of my siblings excelled. Mom always told me, “what you don’t have in book smarts, you make up for with your common sense.” Years later, I realized I’m dyslexic.
She was right, though. I’ve always been pragmatic and am great at solving problems—just not in school. But I also spend a lot of time in my own head and am prone to what my friends call hermitting—going quiet for sometimes months before reappearing socially.
