From the early days of my country childhood, the barn on our Kentucky farm was a special place. Now, 50 years later, it still is, but it lives only in my photographs and memories.
On rainy days, I hid out amongst the musty hay bales that offered a wonderful coziness while listening for hours to the pitter patter of big drops on the rusty tin roof. I was 8 or 9 then, old enough to savor what comfort the old barn offered. It was, as I look back, a most wonderful, and inspiring time of my life. Although I was devastated when our barn was finally torn down, that event motivated me to study, and document through photography, the spirit of the American barn.
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E-mail your barn memories and photos to barns@grit.com or post your barn photos at CU.Grit.com. We’ll choose the best of the best and publish some in the magazine and at www.Grit.com. If you don’t have access to the Internet, you may mail your barn memories and photos to: Barn Memories, Grit Editorial, 1503 SW 42nd St., Topeka, KS 66609-1265.
