Below are the links that brought me some comfort last weekend. I hope they help you too:

• A traveler, powdered sugar, and a cell phone come together in this lovely short essay that will heal your heart.

• "No one leaves home, unless home is the mouth of the shark..." by Sarah Jameel on Medium.

• These are the kind of monsters that actually inspire kids.

• A view of Paris from Connecticut.

• Some Instagram views of Paris here, here, here, here, and here. And here.

• My own love letter to France, written a little more than a year ago.