Fun
A slippery slope of our favorite diversions and distractions.
The Great Isabell Knitalong: The End?
Celebrating the fun of knitting together—there's a lot of stockinette joy in the air.
Lazy Sunday Flashback: Tennison
Travel back in time to 1970s London with this prequel to an acclaimed and long-running homicide series.
Quit or Keep Going?
Women who run businesses share a moment when they had to decide something tough.
“Housesitting” by William Brewer
One of those times when a poem stops you in your tracks.
James Rebanks on Desert Island Discs
A great conversation with a shepherd.
Handles for Sale
Start with a set of leather handles, and you start to get ideas for what you can attach them to.
Jillian Moreno, Yarn Goddess
You're going to love this conversation with the woman who knows pretty much all there is to know about yarn, fiber, and spinning.
Lazy Sunday: Versailles Season 3
The Sun King and his brother, and all the stuff they got up to.
Richard Powers and The Overstory
This week, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction went to a novel of trees. Here's the author, so interesting.
Bathtubs over Broadway
A joyous new movie follows a burned-out comedy writer on his quest to understand how a record like "An Exxon Dealer's Wife" could happen.