Hoping you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy during this time of uncertainty in our world. If you need a little distraction from the ominous news updates, check out my favorite links from around the web this week…

• Fur. Yet another category of stuff our kids and grandkids just don’t want. (Thank you Diana!)

• I found this 5-minute audio story very moving. A little boy in Paris asks his father a question...

• What to do with old lampshades? 

• Don't care who you're supporting for president, you will delight in watching this comedian. The secret service guy behind Reagan has to work hard to hide his laughs. (Thanks Baba!)

• Your laugh of the week via my dear assistant Alicia: If Vermeer was from Iowa.

• Before we bring in ANY goats Imma make sure they got the moves.

• The best hike in each state.

• Maybe this is a definition you can relate to?

• I’m way in the early stages of planning but these are the colors I’ll be using at the big house at the farm. 

• Writing habits from twelve successful authors.

• The perfect tomatometer movies on Rotten Tomatoes.

• What’s your library fantasy??

• This talented floral designer grew up around the bend from us. I really love her style!

• Here’s an idea for a fun feminine manicurethat, yes, is perfectly legal to flaunt in public. (Look closely. They're not faces.)

Photo by Thomas Rey via Unsplash.