Have you noticed the evening skies filled with the glorious glow of fireflies? While we may have missed the grand displays of fireworks this year, the fireflies have been putting on a magical light show of their own that is worth taking some time to watch. And, if you need a little break as we head into the week after the holiday, check out my favorite links from around the web…

• A reader wondered about the expression I used in last week's blogpost "going to see a man about a dog." So she looked it up and shared it with me. (Thanks Rosie!)

• This guy will steal your heart. See if he doesn't. 

• A parallel universe? "America's hidden madmen age of black advertising."

• I've made Ina Garten's crisp recipe four times this month. My friend Patrick suggested I pitch a new TV sitcom filmed here at the farm called "Make Room for Cobbler!" 

• When it comes to asking someone with mental illness how they're doing, here are some other ways to check in. 

• Nature lovers, check this out: Coralie Bickford-Smith, the woman behind the beautiful cloth-bound classics at Penguin, has just published this stunning children's book.

• A lot of hot air in the atmosphere these days. Float above it all with one of these treasures. 

• Some tongue-in-cheek satire:"Sure the velociraptors are still on the loose but that's no reason not to reopen Jurassic Park."

• "Pay me what I'm worth." This video of Viola Davis speaking up to Tina Brown has gone viral. Watch the whole interview here.

• 80s tiles and 80s towel fixtures left in place in this bathroom redesign.  

• "We're experiencing the same temperature right now and we're in really different levels of knitwear." Alexa Chung discusses French style. (The comments alone are worth the price of admission!) 

Photo by Toan Phan via Unsplash.