2:00 pm Water Cooler 4/18/2023 | naked capitalism

Dr. Steve 18 April 2023

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By Lambert Strether de Corrente.

bird song of the day

Hermit Thrush, Acadia National Park; southwest port; The Seawall, Maine, United States. Directly over the head. Boats in the bay in the background. Habitat: Forest, Marine, Coniferous Forest, Bay/Harbour.” I can imagine lying on the warm soft fallen pine needles and listening to that song all afternoon.

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Contact information for plants: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] stretcher [DOT] current [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) learn how to send me a check if you’re allergic to PayPal and (b) learn how to send me pictures of plants. Vegetables are fine! Mushrooms and corals are considered honorary plants! If you want your identifier to appear as a credit, place it at the beginning of your email in parentheses: (like this). Otherwise, I will anonymize you using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) here. From the morning:

AM writes: “Daffodils on the public footpath of Ladd Braes in St Andrews, Scotland, in March 2023.”

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