graven with diamonds | anne boleyn & thomas wyatt you've got me in your pocket, i'll keep you in my locket

"You are destined for the kind of legendary love you only hear about in ballads. We don't need the court or your family or the king. It will just be you and me. Just the two of us. Together. If I asked you to come with me - to give up the admiration of a thousand people for the love of just one - what would you do, Anne?" "I would..." Love you. He looks at me steadily. Doesn't say a word. Waits a beat. "I love you. I can't make things any different from the way they are. All I can do is love you. And you love me," he says, so quietly my heart lurches forward as if reaching for him. "I know you do." Thomas closes the gap between us and kisses me. Hard. His mouth forms lyrics that expose my soul. This kiss is eloquent and alive. This kiss is a song played only once. And forever. It breaks me open. I want this man. I want him so badly I feel like glass on the verge of shattering. I want to kiss him again. To run away with him. - Tarnish, Katherine Longshore

In Jackson Square the condos along St Ann and St Peters St are adorned with cast iron balconies with the initials "AP" woven into their design. The AP represents Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba, a wealthy real estate developer who inherited her father's fortune when she was two years old. As a young woman she was married off to her French cousin whose father tried for 20 years to acquire her fortune unsuccessfully. He eventually shot her four times at point blank range with dueling pistols, then killed himself, unbeknownst to him that Michaela had survived. Upon moving back to New Orleans she personally designed and oversaw the construction of the new buildings within Jackson Square and is regarded as the first woman in New Orleans to wear pants, so that she could climb the scaffolding. You go, girl. 💪🏻👷🏻‍♀️✊🏻 (at Jackson Square)