As the country eases its stay-at-home restrictions, I am continuing to spend my days doing the things that make me feel the best: cooking, gardening, and writing. I hope you are staying safe and healthy as we navigate our new normal out in the world. If you need a little break this week, check out my favorite procrastination links from around the web…

• "We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world." 

• Paintings of the garden as sanctuary.

• A new use for something old, in this case an egg crate as floral container. 

• These paperbacks are so display-worthy with their incredible covers. 

• Read this post. The house is for sale??

• A contrast to all the good mom feels last weekend. Here is a really famous bad mom.(Thanks Henry!) 

• This story highlights an Instagram accountcreated by the daughter of a woman who died a few months ago and whose possessions are absolutely gorgeous. (The handcarved pick-up sticks really got me.

• What a conference room of tomorrow might resemble. (Thanks Tina!)

• I laughed so much watching this poor dad and his Irish kids trying to teach him something.

• Curt Smith of Tears for Fears duets with hisdaughter on his 1981 hit Mad World. And when you've finished watching that, watch their original music video in which Curt is isolated inside while Roland takes on the role of the Corona virus, dancing outside his window. I dare you not to laugh. And final piece of homework? Watch Donnie Darko. Jake Gyllenhaal will blow you away again.

• Move out of the way, COVID.

• A hypnotic little essay that slayed me like a fairy tale dragon with its brilliance. (Thank you Lauren!) 

• A teacher who missed her class so much she turned them into finger puppets!! 

• What a story! One we all need right now. The real Lord of the Flies. (Thanks Chris!) 

Photo by Eduard Mitaru via Unsplash.