I heard recently about a neighbor who donned her Ugg boots for the first time this "winter" to make the trek to the road with her garbage cans. She could feel a sock in the toe of one boot, which she figured she had left behind last March. After the long walk down the driveway and back again, she took off her Uggs and shook the one boot hard to dislodge the sock. Only it wasn't a sock. It was a mouse that she had squished to death with her toes.

Who do you feel more sorry for? The mouse or the woman with the murderous toes? You can email me back with your answer. I'm not judging!

The only reason I'm sharing this anecdote is because you all loved my last blog post about my mouse problem. (If you missed it, click here. It's a good one!)

And, if you need a little break as you prepare your Thanksgiving festivities, check out my favorite links from around the web this week…

• "These are the lies you tell yourself when you should be writing."

• I’m studying this bouquet, trying to understand why it seems particularly different and very lovely.

• Your laugh of the week: "I don't know who to believe in this impeachment hearing."

• This second grade teacher just stole my heart. (Thanks Paige!)

• Princess Anne in Iran eight years before everything changed.

• I enjoyed this essay from the brilliant Roxane Gay: The case for checking a bag.

• Here’s how to do cowgirl in Paris.

• Wait, unsuccessful people procrastinate?

• Oprah sits down with Malcolm Gladwell. (Thanks Baba!)

• We just passed the anniversary of Sylvia Plath's death. The letters she sent to her friend and psychiatrist are revealing.

• Jeff Bridges has a widelux camera he brings along on set which he uses to take spectacular photographs. I also enjoyed this 5-minute film, released a few years ago about Jeff’s photography.

• Farrow and Ball was featured on SNL, and they took full advantage of it.

• Maybe I still have plants on the brain but doesn't this sconce look like a perennial?

• Last week I shared a published set of photos taken at the greenhouse. Alicia, the photographer, published the full set on her blog, and she captured how magical the farm can be.

• Antiques of the Week: Check out this Goodwill. Also, Lee Radziwill was buried in one like this. Lastly, after years of greige, I am loving color again. This won't work at the farm but it's so mcm cool!

Photo by Meritt Thomas via Unsplash.