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So glad you have signed up to receive the For Random Learning Comes Newsletter! This is the one hundred and seventh edition. I'm trying to be a little more consistent in getting this out to you every two weeks or so.
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I have written one poem this week for you, as well as an essay. The essay, The Blue and White Garden, is first in the selections below and it meanders on the topics of gardens, family and the merits of passive-aggression vs. action.
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The poem I wrote is both silly and topical, as the week was quite eventful. It is called Kangaroo Court (Honeypot). It uses characters from A.A. Milne stories to describe the events of the past week and what we may expect in the coming months.
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My novel stands at 37,353 words. That's about 3000 higher than last week, so I am trying to pick up the pace. I calculated that if I can write 5000 words a week, I can finish by the end of August. Math!
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Last weekend I spent listening to various talks on different techniques and tools for writers in a conference called Writer MBA. It was online and free over Memorial Day weekend. The sessions are accessible for a fee still, I believe. There was a lot of good marketing advice and a few sessions that went above my head, either in terms of being too complicated or too woo woo, but all information is good information.
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I'll stop now since the essay is enough reading for you! Hope you enjoy both pieces.
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Have a great couple of weeks! And if you know of anyone who might be interested in receiving this newsletter, please forward it and send them to my website, to sign up!
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So Close and Yet So Far
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This essay discusses the Semiquincentennial celebration and compares it with Fourths of Years gone by.
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Drawing
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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
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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
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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
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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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