Thank You Darwin

About five years ago my Grandma Cox was cleaning out the books in the garage from my Grandpa's library. She let us take a few boxes of books; One of them was "The Orgin of Species." As the years have gone by, we have learned that it is a second edition, quite rare and worth a lot of money. Through various circumstances we came into contact with a antiquarian book dealer who lives in Sherman Oaks. He looked at digital photos of the book, gave us an estimate for it, and we set up a time to meet.

So, this last Friday we had an appointment with him. It took us a little time to find the place; it was in a beautiful old neighborhood with tall trees and big houses. The business is run out of a home, with one of the upstairs bedrooms the office. There were rare books everywhere in built-in bookcases. It was kind of strange to be surrounded by rare books.

The really interesting thing was that we connected so well with the three people working there. There was an older lady who was in charge, and her partner, the guy we dealt with, about aged 45. And they had a young college aged girl who was their secretary. It turned out that the girl had gone to Agua Dulce Elementary for two years; her grandma lives in Agua Dulce. They were shocked to learn that Will worked there last year, and that our girls go there.

We had a great time talking about all kinds of things. It felt like one of those supercharged Divine appointments--all five of us were trying to get a word in edgewise. We haven't had a conversation like that in a long time. It felt like something really important was happening, but we have no idea what. Who knows what will come of it, besides selling "The Origin". I guess time will tell.