The warm weather continues here in Wisconsin. I hope you find a few moments of air conditioned peace. During your next lemonade break, check out my favorite links from around the web.

• My parents lost an old friend last week. He was 99. His obituary entertained me greatly. It could have been written by Mark Twain or Richard Russo. We suspect it was written by Karen Mary, Ted’s only daughter, sister to five brothers.

• Courtney Cox has been paid the highest compliment: being imitated by my hero CB.

• How to do color when you're a-scared of it. Also, this stairwell!

• Do you remember when this was NOT the definition of rape?

• Okay, you guys have shared this link more than any other in the history of my newsletter. If you are a woman and you missed this story on the link between Alzheimer's and menopause, read it!

• This story got tweeted a lot last week. I can only imagine this woman’s frustration and outrage, listening to her research on NPR and never being credited.

• Your laugh of the week. I hope none of you subscribers are this far behind!

• Did you see or have you ever seen these pics of Tippi Hedren and her daughter Melanie Griffith?

• If you need a kick in the pants about life, here is a scientific one.

• If you’re a writer, this is one way to edit.

• Wow, Michelle, a fashion blogger, really nails it with this post.

• For artists who accidentally drink their paint water.

• Antiques of the Week: These, made of wire, cost as much as orthodontic braces or new boobs, not that I would know! A super chic chunk of wood for your wrist. A darling brutalist poodle.

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