Day twenty of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’. If there is one area within the house that was going to cause me problems it has to be the bathroom. My whole toilet has been a left-handed learning curve. Let’s start with the obvious. I’m not cack-handed. I’ve tried but never will be. I’ll keep trying … Continue reading Toothbrush
Scissors
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
Mechanics
Day thirteen of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’. I’ve struggled with many of those gadgets that have been designed to make our lives easier yet I should not have worried. I’d heard of tools that were designed specifically for left-handed people but until now have never had the requirement to investigate further. A quick entry … Continue reading Mechanics
Judgmental
Day ten of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’. Saturday’s blog is always the hardest. I would normally only write my blog on work days and have the weekend off. Writing six blogs in a week takes that extra bit of effort, a twenty per cent productivity gain. April is also the month in which Easter … Continue reading Judgmental
Instinct
Day nine of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’. I’m now at number 990 and thinking about instinct. How much of what we do is instinctive? How much of what we think we think about before doing is a patterned behaviour which has been laid down across the millennia of human history? How many of the … Continue reading Instinct
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 