So glad you have signed up to receive the For Random Learning Comes Newsletter! This is the sixty-fourth 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. *** Another busy week and thus another late newsletter! This poem just arrived today (Sunday) in my cranial inbox, so please forgive the lack of timeliness. It sounded like a mantra for writers, at first: a poem designed to make meek introverts such as myself dare to be bolder and louder. But then it occurred to me that it could be interpreted in other ways. See for yourself, if you get the same impression. Early September brings a slight cooling in the early mornings. This heralds Autumn, which will only be recognizable to humans in a month or two. Of course, the plants instinctively know when the weather turns, and begin their slow decline, or begin to perk up, as the case may be. Seeds beg to be planted, or scorn me for having missed yet another deadline on their strict schedule. And I begin to perk up as well. I actually walked outside a bit this week, whereas my normal summer behavior is to cower in the AC. Even my daughter the gardener, who is more acclimated to the brutal summer weather than most, thinks July and August in Florida are for the birds. I am trying hard not to say the "H" word for fear of jinxing our great good luck this year, having had such a quiet season so far. Two months to go. Fingers crossed, that our luck will continue. I hope the cooler months ahead recharge your engines as well, after the inevitable summer malaise. And if you are one of those strange birds that actually like it hot, well, it takes all kinds. Take care and enjoy your week! Andrea *** 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. You can also follow my Twitter account, @AndreaLedew,which posts my previously published blogposts, poems and flash fiction. This will give you an idea of just how much mischief I've been up to over the past five or six years. 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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