Today's Brass Ring Daily: Hello, Rain
You Made It to Friday
New York woke up to rain.
I watched a dozen people with hard faces under hoods waiting for a commuter bus.
But I also just saw a little girl in a teal raincoat and rainbow boots skipping down the street.
Sulk? Skip? Sulk? Skip?
Skip.
Always skip.
“She died with her boots on."
Mabel Sawhill was a caterer whose sticky buns were beloved by all. She worked until she was 103. Now in the running for my favorite story of the year. (h/t Ravi)
Random Round-Up
Rapportive is a free Chrome extension that adds LinkedIn profiles to your Gmail. Make those connex. (thanks, Alexa!)
A very succinct lesson in how to pitch editors. Helpful!
You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth. This book might change your life.
Do you suffer from decision fatigue? This article is five years old. I didn’t decide to read it until now.
A beautiful recent performance on The Voice of “White Flag.” (thanks, Madelyn!)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the woman who wrote the “You May Want to Marry My Husband” column before she died, was working on a creative project where she posted three creative ideas to Instagram every day at 1:23 p.m. I love this idea—now her daughter is continuing it. (h/t Aegean)
Thank you for reading.
Love, Kara