So glad you have signed up to receive the For Random Learning Comes Newsletter! This is the forty-first edition. Previous editions can be found on the blog's Newsletter page. I send it out weekly, so if you don't get my email on Saturday morning, please let me know! (Check your junk and spam folders too.) My five latest posts are at the end of this newsletter, latest first. This week I wrote only one poem and that one, just today. I did get other things done, so that's good. My poem is called False Equivalencies. It consists of verses of two lines each (couplets? English profs can correct me) that compare two similar but not quite the same things, and begs us to differentiate between them. Much of the mess we find ourselves in, these days, seems to do with muddling ideas. We never quite have a clear conception of them. The truth is that most ideas have many contradictory aspects to them, even --and maybe especially--the most controversial ideas. I hope my poem helps bring that home. We must not let our team spirit cloud what is best for our country. If I have time this weekend I will try to send out a collection of love poems from the blog for Valentine's Day Monday, so be on the lookout for that, and be sure to dig through your spam or junk files, in case I end up there. A very happy day to all, whether or not you feel inclined to celebrate. The day should be about loving yourself, as well as about being loved. If you haven't signed up for my newsletter yet, I hope you will consider doing so. And tell your friends! There's a blue signup form on every page. Thanks again for your continued readership and support. It means a lot to me. Have a great week! Andrea The links below will take you to the five most recent posts. The blue logo takes you to the homepage. The section on English Majors has the most recent stuff.

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