What a Cozy Place to Read a Book!

What a cozy place to hunker down with a book! One needs only to bring a blanket, some reading material, and an open imagination.

Ault Park

Ault Park

Reading aloud to the leaves and branches, whilst optional, is highly encouraged. Words are best, after all, when they are shared.

[Alternative Muses] Birthday Mashup: John French Sloan/James Baldwin

Red Kimono on the Roof, John French Sloan. 1912.

Red Kimono on the Roof, 1912, by John French Sloan (born 2 August 1871).

“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”-James Baldwin (born 2 August 1924)