Sprezzatura - “A certain nonchalance which conceals all artistry and makes whatever one says or does seem uncontrived and effortless.”
- Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (1528)
Additional Powers: Picking up all those subscription cards that just fell out of the magazine you were carelessly flipping through, despite lack of fingernails.
Judging you based on your book selections (but at least you read).
Mama cat and her baby. Upstate NY, a few years back.
The earliest known map of New Amsterdam (1660) and a detailed redraft (1916). The fortified East-to-West street is, appropriately enough, Wall Street. There’s also a cool georeferenced version that tells you what each plot of land was used for and who owned it.
Inaugural outdoor plant buddy
Danzig - Mother
Happy Mother’s Day!
(Source: cohenandflats)
