August 13 is official “International Left-Handers’ Day” – and as a left-handed person, I’m ready to celebrate!
In every way except writing, I’m actually more ambidextrous – my father didn’t know how to throw a baseball left-handed, so he taught me to throw with my right. Ditto my golf and baseball swings. I draw a bow right-handed also, though when it comes to fencing and writing I’m left-handed all the way.
You have no idea how long it took me to find a left-handed keyboard.*
I’ve noticed a strangely large number of left-handed writers – not the majority, by any count, but a percentage that seems a bit higher than the general population.
Peter Benchley, Lewis Carroll, and H.G. Wells were all left-handed (among others).
What about you? Left handed, right handed, or the best of both worlds?
D’oh! I can’t believe I missed International Left-Hander’s Day!
I’m a boring ol’ rightie myself, but I’ve always thought it would be cool to be left-handed. I like the way lefties hold pencils.
I’m a weirdo leftie – my mother was a teacher so she let me write left-handed but forced me to hold a pencil “normally” – meaning with the same grip a rightie uses, just in the other hand. She would never let me curl my arm around my pencil like most left-handers do – apparently that’s from being taught to write by a right-handed teacher, and curling the arm around to mimic the stroke directions of a right-handed writer.
As a result, though, I am just as fascinated by watching other left-handed people write as most right-handed people are!
Katherine is a leftie and boy was it hard teaching her to hold a pencil! She draws like a mad fiend all the time though so she survived the experience! Lefties are fun folks 🙂
Cool! I didn’t know you’re a lefty. I’m a lefty as well as my husband and daughter. Do you have the left-handers daily calendar? Love looking at that in the mornings.