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So glad you have signed up to receive the For Random Learning Comes Newsletter! This is the fifty-ninth edition.

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My five latest posts are at the end of this newsletter, latest first.

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It's been a quiet week for poetry around here, and of course I skipped last week, since I was out of town and therefore AFK (away from keyboard.)

This week's one poem is called Chalk Dust, and it is about the realization, that we are not as unique in our thoughts and deeds as we would like to think.

Most of my week was spent Up North, sweltering in a different state. But also spending a lovely time catching up with family.

We went on a muggy but nonetheless spectacular guided tour of a botanical garden (Chanticleer near Philadelphia) where my daughter is working as an intern. The photos from that morning should fuel my blog for the foreseeable future.

Hope you are finding a way to stay cool this summer! I suggest finding an indoor place with AC and internet, and reading my blog!

Bring on the margaritas poolside! One more month of this and it will hopefully chill down again. May we all survive till then!

Thanks for finding the strength to still come and read!

Andrea
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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.

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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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