Day nineteen of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’ and I’m struggling with scissors. They warrant a blog piece of their own. I’ve been on this earth more than half a century yet dread when the time comes to cut my fingernails. They grow at an imperceptibly slow pace, the same rate apparently as the spreading … Continue reading Scissors
Religion
Day eighteen of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’ and I’m straying into unknown territory. I would not regard myself as a religious person but I have already done that bit. I have very little knowledge of any of the religious texts yet it was a book by AJ Jacobs called ‘The year of living biblically’ … Continue reading Religion
Quantum
Day seventeen of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’. The letter Q is always one of those difficult ones. What words in the English language could I use to convey something about handedness that begins with a Q? Quixotic perhaps but queer is definitely a not. What about Quidditch? Maybe I could weave some clever reference … Continue reading Quantum
Penitence
Day sixteen of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’. There is something almost penitential about what I have been doing over the last month. Trying to work with my unusual hand has been a way of denying myself. Life has basically been too easy as a right-hander and it is time to pay the piper. I … Continue reading Penitence
Oh to be famous
Day fifteen of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’. It seems that being famous is not the domain of the right handed. There are plenty of lefties out there who have gone on to do great things, so many in fact that there is a day set aside each year to celebrate their success. August 13 … Continue reading Oh to be famous
Not just your hand
Day fourteen of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’ and I’ve passed the half-way mark. This means two things, firstly I’ve broken the back of the challenge and, secondly it is going to get harder and harder to find something interesting to say. All of the easy stuff has already been done and I’m going to … Continue reading Not just your hand
Trees have great structure
Apparently I talk in metaphors. It’s something I have learnt about myself recently. Whenever I want to get a point across I think about it in a way that is parallel to what I am saying, something that requires the listener to use their imagination and draws them into a picture that I am trying … Continue reading Trees have great structure
Communication is a what?
I’ve often heard the phrase that communication is a two way street. Well it isn’t, that’s a bad analogy. In a two way street the traffic goes one way up one side of the road and down in the opposite direction on the other. Up and down only. Unless there is an obstruction in the … Continue reading Communication is a what?
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 