Porthole

Lefty Day ... we aren't as sinister as you think!

Lefty Day! From President Obama back into the recesses of Time we have been around.

It's a natural human trait found in other two sided biological forms. We're all bilateral but some of us tend towards the left. I wonder about octopuses/octopodes/octopi.

But we lefties are not necessarily left handed in all aspects of life. I had a boss once who wrote with one hand but batted with the other when she played softball. And in some cultures each hand has specific uses or taboos attached.

Which is hard when I travel.

I've been totally left-handed since childhood. As an adult I could scrawl in big BIG letters with my right hand but I could do calligraphy with my left.

Which reminds me that I need to write postcards and send them. My handwriting is quite nice if I pay attention. What to write is the problem!

But... back to lefties...

We tend to face certain struggles in a right handed world from scissors to tying shoe laces. I'll leave out the details. Just ask any lefty!

We tend toward certain professions like law and art. There are even a bunch of us here at WDC.

Last year we found out that there were some who also liked the color orange.

Yes, a few of us are that strange.

Orange Lefties Unite.

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