When you tour the United States, there is much to admire. Our country is full of wonder and beauty. From deserts to ocean shores, you can go to hill country and mountain lands. Landscapes and wonders abound.
Here are two places my husband and I visited. It left me with a sense of awe and wonder. After taking pictures, I went home and drew what I saw.
Cape Flattery, Washington. Pastels on oil.
The Lost Coast, California. Pastels on oil.
Me, left handed cooking.
My first grade teacher (bless her heart) hit me with a ruler because I used my left hand to write. I spent most of the year trying to use my weaker hand for the most important thing in class, writing. I did not do well in school that year or any other for that matter. She believed that being left handed came from the devil who whispered over our shoulders from the very same side, the left side.
But, here is what matters, I am still left handed, while I also use my right hand.
In her attempt to make me a “normal” right handed person, my teacher managed to make me ambidextrous. I do not remember how awful it was to be beaten with a ruler. All I know is that I use both hands now.
I stir food with my left hand and write with my right hand. I change from one hand to the other if the light is just right when I color my drawings. I write with my left hand on a blackboard but sweep the floors with my left hand. I play tennis with my left hand but crocket with my right hand. I surf the web and use a mouse with my right hand but draw with my right hand.
I am sending thanks and blessing to my teacher who made me part of who I am today, Ambidextrous and loving it. Thank you, I am grateful.
Me, right handed writing.
Red Splendor
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
George Bernard Shaw
Oil pastel on paper.
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
? Oscar Wilde
Carina Nebula
Oil Pastel on paper