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It's very late on Sunday and I'm very late in getting this newsletter out which I try to post Saturday mornings. So it's short and sweet this time.

My post for you is very long, but it's mostly pictures, which I hope you will enjoy. It's a visit to Arundel Castle in the South of England. This Castle has been continuously occupied, more or less, by the Dukes of Norfolk and is an experience halfway between a museum and a manor house/ fairytale castle.

I very much enjoyed this stop after which we moved our stuff to the Isle of Wight, at least partially to put a body of water between us and the coronation hooplah going on on the mainland.

Not much going on writer-wise. I'm still waiting to hear on some submissions and plodding along with my current work in progress.

I did go to a fiction workshop today which was very interesting and fun. I also made a decision this week not to table at the Florida Writer's Association Convention in October though I plan to attend. I had reserved a table but I don't really have anything to put on it, so I let the next person on the waiting list have it. Maybe next year.

A little concerned about the hurricane headed across the gulf this week...Hope things are less interesting whereever you are! Stay cool!



Andrea


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So Close and Yet So Far

American flag on the Fourth of July as viewed from the porch. Copyright Andrea LeDew.
This essay discusses the Semiquincentennial celebration and compares it with Fourths of Years gone by.

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Drawing

Old pack of colorbrite colored pencils from the sixties (?). Copyright Andrea LeDew
A poem on redistricting, the drawing of new districts to serve the ruling party's political purposes, with the blessing of the Supreme Court and with enthusiasm unchecked by either the people's will nor the State's Constitutional provisions.

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Attempt

A bouquet in the dark on a tablecloth with a wine bottle. Copyright Andrea LeDew.
A poem describing the swirling emotions on and offline provoked by the attempted assassination of President Trump at the dinner for the press. Caveat: I do not doubt the attempt on his life was real. P.S. The photo is an attempt at beauty.

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Approaching May 1st, 2026, Anniversary of The Great Fire, Jacksonville, FL

Beltane Fire near Great Dixter in England. Copyright Andrea LeDew.
A poem about a very dry spring in Florida which calls to mind the terrible fire which consumed Jacksonville early in the 20th century.

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Smiles

American and Australian handheld flags laying on desktop. Copyright Andrea LeDew.
This poem analyzes the loss of reputation of the US in the eyes of its closest allies, and the attitude it projects, about that loss.

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