: About Me

Heather Harris has been a devoted writer and documentarian since the age of 6 when she was sure that future civilzations would read her diaries to understand the planet Earth - direct correlations between this theory and her status as an only child should be considered.

Harris has worked off and on in the newspaper reporting business for 13 years in the state of Kentucky and has been awarded several Kentucky Press Association Awards for her work in investigative, feature and editorial writing, as well as, photography.

Harris is also the co-author and photographer for the 2001 archival work, Community Voices:The People and Places of Laurel County.Harris currently resides in Kentucky and travels extensively -for pleasure and in the search for the ever unusual anecdote.

My passion is ...

writing, traveling and experiencing the strange, unknown and unusual

I know too much about ...

blood pressure medications

My parents always told me ...

they didn't know which was bigger my mouth or my brain, but my mouth got more of a workout

My childhood ambition ...

was to an archeologist, or Solid Gold dancer.

My favorite memory ...

is New Orleans.

Why I write ...

because I can.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote...again.

My first job ...

was carrying bricks for my dad when I was 4.

My best moment ...

is hopefully about to happen.

My inspiration ...

is my past.

Relationships & Family > Dating Psychology Why do men act like doormats to female counterparts

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It's easy to be a doormat. Why? Because doormats don't have to do anything, make any decisions, confront any troubles or deal with any problems on their own. The trash didn't get taken out? Well, did someone forget to boss them into taking it? Did the bills not get paid? Well, why didn't someone tell them to do it? The simple reason why some people, especially men, act as doormats to spouses or girlfriends is that it relieves them of having to make decisions, take an active role in family life or have control of stressful situations. It is much easier to cost through and passively-aggressi...

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