What is making you smile these days? Amidst all of the heaviness around us, I hope you are finding moments of joy throughout the long days of quarantining. If you need a little break today, check out my favorite procrastination links from around the web this week…

• Awww! You can sure feel this mother’s lovethrough the screen. (Thanks Alice!)

• I challenge you to watch this trio dancing to James Brown and not feel a surge of joy. 

• The domestic simplicity in this arresting photo moved me deeply.

• I know of someone who, early into the quarantine, didn’t think to remove the bong sitting on the mantel in the background of his staff’s morning Zoom meeting. From that we move to this: “credibility bookcases.” 

• This designer’s Savannah kitchen is small but wow does it pack a punch. The floral tile!! (Thanks Paige!)

• I miraculously have some lox in the freezer left from Christmas morning. Going to break them out and eat with these biscuits on Sunday.

• Is it Buster Keaton? The belly dancer? Or the allure of restaurant dining that made me watch this fun clip a dozen times. 

• Have you read this yet? The infectiously funny Dave Eggers takes on the epidemic of contradictions regarding COVID-19.

• And if you are in need of more good lit, this new story from Allan Gurganus about an antique shop in Iowa will knock your socks off. I loved this line: "With brooch clocks dragging down her blouse, she just sat ticking like a knitting class."

Photo by Kate Remmer via Unsplash.