LeftyByDefault.com – Laura Overstreet

I have not posted in several months, but fear not, I am well and busy teaching.  I have at least one post I am itching to write, but it will have to wait a bit longer.  In the meantime, I encourage you to read two new posts from my dear friend, Alida Brill.  The first, [...]

Lately, I have felt silenced and trapped.  Indeed, I realize now that these are feelings that I have long had but only in the past few years have I felt empowered and knowledgable enough to release them. However, I cannot – at this time anyway – write the words and expose my truth in its [...]

My first semester of teaching has reached its end. I have spent the last week in something of a fog of mindless activities, largely coming off of such a mindful few months. I have learned, and will continue to learn, that new chapters in the books of our lives hardly turn out to be what [...]

Last Wednesday evening I wasn’t feeling great, thought I was just tired from working hard for several days.  As I got ready to go to bed though, I noticed that the tiny aches I had all day were now accompanied by the feeling of a fever.  I checked, and sure enough, it was 99.7 degrees. [...]

Social media. It is a way of life for most of us these days. Who would have ever conceived of common usage of the word “tweet?” Now we use it as a verb and we’re not even chirping like little birds! Social media is a big stinking deal. Even my mom’s on Facebook, people. This [...]

The ABC medical drama Private Practice, a spin-off of the popular Grey’s Anatomy, has been a favorite of mine since it began in 2007. The show is about two private holistic medical practices in Los Angeles. They do a little bit of everything: psychotherapy, fertility, alternative medicine, pediatrics, sexology, general practice, genetics, and super duper [...]

Yesterday was a an absolutely gorgeous Georgia day. I believe the temperature got above 70 degrees, and I was dressed in my favorite spring attire: smooth, khaki colored dress pants, a pink and white striped Oxford shirt, and a white pullover cable-knit sweater. I was just a few colors short of an Easter egg. With [...]

I am the Maid of Honor for one of my best friend’s, Johanna’s, wedding coming up August 1st – woohoo! I am very honored that she asked me and looking forward to the big day. Getting a Maid of Honor dress has been a little more difficult, simply because I need separates and sizing is [...]