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My European babies flew in for Mother’s Day armed with gifts!

Irish Tatler says feminism is in. Who knew.

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Presents from the London offspring! I’ll miss these knuckleheads when I go back to Brooklyn.

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James Smith and Sons is synonymous with Too Many Choices. In the best of all possible ways.

Lucky I only wear black! My purchase came with extensive demonstrations of furling techniques, which I promptly forgot.

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Coffee is definitely coeliac safe.

Unless the person serving it fondles some baked goods, then drags their fingers through the beans they are bagging.

I just rolled my eyes and paid, because I wanted to buy some coffee for my hosts. But hey, guess what? Hygiene rules exist for a reason.

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The future?

Robots at the Science Museum

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Anatomical model made in Florence around 1770. I think this is a stretch for inclusion in the Robots exhibit, but I love La Specola so whatever.

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Still life with electro-static generator, 1850.

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The Flying Boy Experiment— in which scientists electrocuted children for entertainment and to demonstrate the power of the new discovery. This was one of the milder experiments.

From Electricity: The Spark of Life at the Wellcome.

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Detail from Graveyard in the Tyrol, John Singer Sargent, 1914.

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