I feel like I have become lost in time. I know that I had already become lost in space. This summer has been different. It has unfolded in a pell-mell unplanned sort of way, where I am left to react to what is happening in the world, without any control over its outcome. I have lived like a vagabond for months, seldom at home, not knowing where I will be next. Now this footloose lifestyle has unhinged my sense of balance. I feel dizzy, like I am on a merry-go-round that is spinning too fast. My flow is no longer in harmony with my surroundings, no matter how things are arranged, but of late my life has become so much more interesting, exciting and blog-worthy, like a ride I do not want to get off.

Well, that is more than enough navel gazing for one post, on with the blog! Today, is international lefthander’s day. Like my father before me, I am lefthanded and one of only 10% of the world’s population. I have always felt rather special. I say right-on! And don’t at all feel left-off. Oh, there are those self-righteous people who choose to look down upon my kind. Labeling us sinister and evil, like my nuns in school did. But I find their attitude so archaic, backward and medieval and not at all modern, like I am. There are many famous people who share this attribute. Actors Scarlett Johansson and Tom Cruise are two. Two center-left presidents, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are also lefthanded. Finally, the two surviving members of the Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are both lefthanded, I want to hold your [left] hand!