I hope you were able to have a relaxing and safe Memorial Day weekend. If you need a little break as we work toward going back out into the world and finding our new normal, check out my favorite procrastination links from around the web this week…
Perhaps my new favorite illustration of Jane Austen. (Thank you Marjorie!)
Oh Eero, how I admire your brass hand railings, your precise sense of scale, all the vowels in your name.
What I'm reading: "Light the Dark" by Joe Fassler, based on his marvelous interviews for The Atlantic with a host of writers. Each essay is a gem.
Speaking of writing, if you've ever thought about trying to write, #1000wordsof summer, the writing club run by Jami Attenberg, begins next week. Sign up here for free.
This woman's story about being a shitty teenager when her mother died is priceless. (Thanks Mary!)
Awww! Your 40-second feel-good moment of the week.
The Persian in me loves the idea of fabric draped across my hair. (It would totally settle down the frizz factor). So, can someone please design super-protective veils like these that protect us from COVID?
I liked this rundown of decor decisions that interior designers have to talk their clients out of.
Hoping this is what my husband looks like in a few years.
Fans of Luke Edward Hall will be excited about the new book on Diana Vreeland that he illustrated.
A new series from the NYTimes called "Mrs." I enjoyed this story of Amelia Earhart writing in to request that the Times no longer refer to her as "Mrs. Putnam."
Photo by Aaron Burden via Unsplash.