Happy Earth Day! Here’s to hoping you take some time today to set aside your phones and laptops and appreciate our beautiful outdoors. And, when you have to get back to your devices, check out my favorite procrastination links from around the web this week…

• I read these two blog posts about John Muir and Marvin Gaye back-to-back and was newly shocked at the abusiveness suffered by them at the hands of their fathers. Their resilience is miraculous. 

• One writer’s reaction to Notre Dame’s burning.
  

• A lesson for anyone who struggles with charging for their work.
  

• A super fun Instagram account to follow if you, like me, are a natural eavesdropper.
  

• I spent a day with my friend Harlene who has the coolest loft apartment (blog post coming soon) and now I have a new appreciation for tiled floors. 
  

• Am thinking about plants like this one for the farm's glass house. And I clicked on this post, titled "Decor Ideas for Your Rustic Log Home." Nope. Not one idea that I liked. Guess there will be minimal modernism at the farm. 
  

• Your laugh of the week: Janties? What are they? And why does someone in Alaska need them?? 
  

• A chance coincidence uncovers the profound difference one teacher made.
  

• My pick for a cool Mother’s Day card here.  
  

• Antiques of the Week: This diminutive bamboo folding desk is darling! Actually, everything in Nancy's shop is charming!

Photo by Kalen Emsley via Unsplash.