By Lambert Strether of Corrente
Bird Song of the Day
Common Loon, Redstone Lake, Ontario, Canada. “A few calls and some splashes; quiet background of good quality alarm calls.”
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Readers, I hadn’t planned on a Water Cooler today, but suddenly my timeline was overwhelmed by the phrase “unburdened by what has been.” Left, right, center, all sides “unburdened by what has been.”
Here is the origin, and I might as well deal with the matter now:
Four straight minutes of “what can be, unburdened by what has been.” It’s incredible. I had no idea she used it this much. pic.twitter.com/TClfC1EyH6
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) June 29, 2024
(I have made it my rule never to cite to DNC or RNC “research,” but I’m breaking it this one time. I assume they’re not faking it because they don’t have to.)
• But tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
• I, as leader, will use power like a drum, and leadership like a violin. Take out any idea. Compare ideas, with the one idea left we are left you have no doubt and without a doubt we have enthusiasm!
Time to throw another shrimp on the barbie.
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Contact information for plants: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) here. From Upstater:
Upstater writes: “It’s that time of year! These are Japanese irises, rhizomes from a neighbor long since passed, but alway a reminder of friendship.”
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