By Lambert Strether from Corrente

Affected person readers, I am ending a put up on Barbara Tuchman The march of insanity, so it have to be an open wire, with out birdsong, however with a plant. Speak to one another! –Lambert

Plant coordinates: Readers, don’t hesitate to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] stretch [DOT] corrent [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, for (a) how one can ship me a test for those who’re allergic to PayPal and (b) how one can ship me footage of crops. Greens are good! Mushrooms and corals are thought-about honor crops! If you need your username to look as a credit score, please place it in the beginning of your e mail in parentheses: (thus). In any other case, I’ll anonymize utilizing your initials. See the earlier water cooler (with plant) right here. From RM:

RM writes: “It is all the time good to share wealth. In case you are still posting sunflowers, this one is not so tormented by grasshoppers.

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