By Lambert Strether de Corrente
Bird song of the day
Common Loon, Redstone Lake, Ontario, Canada. “A few calls and splashes; quiet background noise and good quality alarm calls.”
Dear readers, I hadn’t planned on spending a day at the water cooler today, but suddenly my calendar was flooded with the phrase “freed from the burden of what was.” Left, right, center, all around, “freed from the burden of what was.”
Here’s the origin, and I might as well deal with the subject now:
Four minutes straight of “what can be, without being weighed down by what has been.” It’s incredible. I didn’t know she used it so much. pic.twitter.com/TClfC1EyH6
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) June 29, 2024
(I make it a rule to never cite DNC or RNC “research,” but I’m going to break that rule this time. I guess they’re not faking it. because they don’t have to.)
• But tonight I say we must move forward, not backward; up, not forward; and always spinning, spinning, spinning toward freedom.
• As a leader, I will use power as a drum and leadership as a violin. Take out all the ideas. Compare the ideas, with the only idea we have left, you have no doubt and without a doubt, we are enthusiastic!
It’s time to throw another shrimp on the grill.
Plant coordinates: Dear readers, feel free to contact me at lambert (UNDERSCORE) strether (DOT) corrente (AT) yahoo (DOT) com, for (a) information on how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) information on how to send me pictures of plants. Vegetables are good! Mushrooms, lichens and coral are considered honorary plants! If you want your nickname to appear as a credit, please put it at the beginning of your mail in parentheses : (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize using your initials. See previous Water Cooler (with plant) here. From Upstater:
Upstater writes: “It’s that time of year! These are Japanese irises, rhizomes from a long-deceased neighbor, but still a reminder of friendship.”
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