redheads

There must be something in the Eastern Oregon water, because I have seen more redheads than I ever thought could possibly live in one place. Well, aside from Ireland, that is. It's just the oddest thing.

Supposedly, natural redheads make up less than 4% of the population. LESS than 4%! But over here, you can't go anywhere without seeing at least one--if not more--copper-topped citizen. And a lot of them are children, too. Just the other day I took my niece over to the park, and there was only one other child there at the time. You guessed it--a redhead. Probably no older than two.

Don't get me wrong, I love that this recessive gene has somehow taken hold of this little town. But what does that m-e-a-n, exactly? Are we-- the rare and unique redheads-- destined to become (gulp) NORMAL?!

Well, at least we'll always have our tempers... ;)