Sometimes a letter or email turns into a great blog. Today’s post is one of those.-Onisha
Loved this letter from my friend, Patricia Franklin, who lives in Colorado. I thought you’d like it too, so we got permission to share. It’s a book lover’s joy-DiVoran
Hi DiVoran,Just had to tell you about our Sunday afternoon drive today. We drove up to the little mountain town of Beulah in the foothills of the Wet Mountains. It has one main street that is about two blocks long with a coffee shop and a general store. We went into the general store and went to the lower level which is a little antique store. We wanderedthrough there looking at all the things I remember as a child, and also hoping to find a couple of items to replace some that we broke, but still were using up until that time. Ha! Not finding anything, we had a nice conversation with the owner.
We were also looking for an old book for a friend of ours. She did not have it, but told us to go to the Book Barn, which was just this side of the Coffee Shop. She said “People leave their used books there and the proceeds go to the school… hard backs 50 cents and paperbacks are 25 cents. You just put the money in the knothole.” I was intrigued by that comment and we drove on up the street to the Coffee Shop .There were a couple old gents sitting out front of the Coffee Shop. We stopped and asked them where the Book Barn was. One of them said, “It is right behind you.” I looked at a little old shed behind me by the side of the road and said “Is that it?” He said, “That’s it.” … and something to the effect of “You might not both fit in there at the same time.” We backed our car up and parked right beside the colorful little shed that had the door wide open. We both got out of the car and walked into the 6′ x 8′ shed. No one was in attendance. All sides were lined with bookshelves to the ceiling, which were filled with books of all kinds… not in any particular order, with boxes of books on the floor. Being the book lover that I am, we both looked through the books, having to squeeze past each other in the aisle. We did not find the book we were looking for. I saw some great books, but I have so many right now, that I did not get any, although I wanted to just to put the money in the old knothole by the side of the door. I immediately thought of you and said to myself “DiVoran would love this little Book Barn.” So I had to tell you about it as soon as I got home.Need to get dinner on!Love, P
The book they were looking for was Colorado Wildflowers, Volumn 2, The Mountain flowers by Guennel. It is on the Internet, but it’s beyond the price the friend can pay. If you have a copy you don’t want or need let us know and we’ll see that they get it.
DiVoran
Old Things R New 
Forgot to ask you about this earlier. Where did you get the picture of the General Store in Beulah? That was a great touch. Thanks. Joan
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Alta found it on the Internet. Isn’t that cool?
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Patricia, this sounds like an adventure I would enjoy!
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