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 three poems! My first poem is called Mother, and is an affectionate description of the many lovely qualities of my own mother during her life, and some that I have added as emblematic of her character, if not of her actual experience. Perhaps these qualities will remind you of someone dear to you. My second poem, Economics 101, gives a rather harsh reading of the way the money system works, raising the wealthy up, while putting those, already in want, yet further in the hole. I do not actually hold such an extremely negative perception of money, but I can imagine a Scrooge-like character who might voice this poem, rejoicing in his own advantage over the poor or unlucky. There is enough truth to it, to make it worth a read. My third poem, Deja Vu, is about the sneaking feeling that we have been here before, politically. I'm talking about the 2000 election and the Democrats' cry of "Stolen!" when the Supreme Court decided to end the recount. (The story is told wonderfully in the movie "The Recount.") In the poem I compare and contrast the previous case, to the current Trump camp's claims of the election of 2020 having been stolen. And I try to determine whether it is, indeed, a case of deja vu. 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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