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Photos by Chris O’Connor
by Chris O’Connor
mountain talk
A Day at the Ice Cream Social
and Book Sale Particpants enjoy looking through the
Pictured are Pat McClain, Amy Presnell, Abby boxes and boxes of donated books for
In my endless quest for novels Western Maryland Railroad station’s Appel, Sharon Byerss, Mark Lyons, and Elizabeth sale at great prices during the Blue Ridge
by David Baldacci and Lee Child, charm has only been augmented Farmer. Summit Free Library’s ice Cream Social
and Book Sale.
and books on a number of esoteric by the support of neighbors and
subjects, I decided to visit the Blue dedicated volunteers. a siren. Saturday, I said a prayer that missed with the simple passage of
Ridge Summit Free Library’s Annual But the battle between want vs. I could ride in a fire truck. time, or family or neighbors they’d
Ice Cream Social and Book Sale on need overtook me as the books were Blue Ridge Summit Fire and seen just the day before.
July 18, 2015, in Blue Ridge Summit, downwind of the food vendors. I’d Rescue and Fountaindale Fire The summer morning that began
Pennsylvania. only had a cup of coffee and water companies provided engines for with violent thunder, dangerous
I strive to stay inside or under for breakfast, so my needs quickly free rides. I couldn’t muster up the lightening, and a deluge evolved into
shade any day outside temperatures overtook my wants. Following courage to stand in the line primarily a beautiful day with folks enjoying
are predicted to be in the 90s with my nose like a hungry bear before comprised of kids under ten, so I all manner of activities, including
oppressive humidity. Fortunately, hibernation, I made my way toward opted out. great music, delicious food, crafts,
though, an intense morning the chow tents. Later, I made it back to the book flowers, fire engine rides, and warm
thunderstorm lessened the volatility I spied funnel cakes; the Antietam tables. Like a hunter intent on camaraderie.
in the atmosphere, humidity Dairy truck that held cold, creamy quarry, I quickly spotted my favorite And then were the untold number
decreased and, best yet, a zephyr delights; barbecued chicken; baked fiction authors. Two bucks for a of books.
gently drifted over the mountain, goods; and all manner of other hardback? Wow. Books don’t require electricity to
rendering the heat quite bearable to tempting fare. But, oddly, want and need melded charge, don’t house a cold monitor
the climatologically challenged such But this bear made a beeline in my mind. for one to read a favorite page turner,
as myself. for arguably the most-pedestrian I needed to talk to folks who were aren’t easily smudged, and don’t
My first thought upon arrival menu option: a hot dog that sitting in the 90 degree heat—albeit reflect one’s image before the screen
at the ice cream social and viewing quickly elevated to the Mt. Everest under a canopy, cooled by the soft lights up. Books, with palpable
all the rows of tables of books was, of gastronomic heights with the breeze—who’d sacrificed their time weight and texture, touch the senses
“Holy cow!” There was carton after addition of a generous portion of in the interest of Blue Ridge Summit and fire up the imagination.
cardboard carton of hardbacks, sauerkraut, mustard, and chopped Free Library. I wanted to meet those A reader can dog ear pages at
stacked neatly on the tables, as onions. who had dealt with the risk during will, recognize when to turn a page,
well as books beneath, all under My hunger satiated, I meandered the violent weather that morning. or know which book’s pages can
the fluttering overhang of the tent’s around, enjoying conversations with Blue Ridge Summit Free Library be treated less reverently as when
canopy, not to mention all the whomever was willing to shoot the (BRSFL) board member Pat McClain the reader is in a rush to find an
paperbacks and a separate canopy breeze. Meeting volunteer Mary Ellen said that Lynn Martin, BRSFL especially salient or expressive
over the children’s book section. Selvaggio, who sold T-shirts with board President, went out during the passage or an answer to a question in
Books for sale are generously the image of the Blue Ridge Summit early morning storm to retrieve the an open book exam.
donated by community-minded folks Library, and customer Ruth Jay of younger 5K runners while she and Books allow one to scribble
who want to help perpetuate the Rouzerville, Pennsylvania, was a other intrepid folks held onto the legs anything in the margins with low
success of the book sale as part of kick. Ruth, a longtime attendee of the of the tents, anchoring the canopies tech tools like a pen or a pencil, the
the larger context of the ice cream ice cream social, declared the crowd from the high winds accompanying same tools the author many have used
social. The whole shebang is a lesson larger than any she remembered. the storm. when first fleshing out the manuscript.
in community. I couldn’t count all Soon I ventured to the fire trucks. For me, the day was all about Thankfully, literacy is alive and
the vendors who donate proceeds Who doesn’t love a fire truck for observing what an ice cream social well at Blue Ridge Summit Free
to the historic library building’s all they represent? As a child, I was is about: family and folks enjoying Library and the community it has
capital fund. The picturesque former taught to utter a prayer when hearing meeting up with friends they’ve long served.
Photos by Chris O’Connor
by Chris O’Connor
mountain talk
A Day at the Ice Cream Social
and Book Sale Particpants enjoy looking through the
Pictured are Pat McClain, Amy Presnell, Abby boxes and boxes of donated books for
In my endless quest for novels Western Maryland Railroad station’s Appel, Sharon Byerss, Mark Lyons, and Elizabeth sale at great prices during the Blue Ridge
by David Baldacci and Lee Child, charm has only been augmented Farmer. Summit Free Library’s ice Cream Social
and Book Sale.
and books on a number of esoteric by the support of neighbors and
subjects, I decided to visit the Blue dedicated volunteers. a siren. Saturday, I said a prayer that missed with the simple passage of
Ridge Summit Free Library’s Annual But the battle between want vs. I could ride in a fire truck. time, or family or neighbors they’d
Ice Cream Social and Book Sale on need overtook me as the books were Blue Ridge Summit Fire and seen just the day before.
July 18, 2015, in Blue Ridge Summit, downwind of the food vendors. I’d Rescue and Fountaindale Fire The summer morning that began
Pennsylvania. only had a cup of coffee and water companies provided engines for with violent thunder, dangerous
I strive to stay inside or under for breakfast, so my needs quickly free rides. I couldn’t muster up the lightening, and a deluge evolved into
shade any day outside temperatures overtook my wants. Following courage to stand in the line primarily a beautiful day with folks enjoying
are predicted to be in the 90s with my nose like a hungry bear before comprised of kids under ten, so I all manner of activities, including
oppressive humidity. Fortunately, hibernation, I made my way toward opted out. great music, delicious food, crafts,
though, an intense morning the chow tents. Later, I made it back to the book flowers, fire engine rides, and warm
thunderstorm lessened the volatility I spied funnel cakes; the Antietam tables. Like a hunter intent on camaraderie.
in the atmosphere, humidity Dairy truck that held cold, creamy quarry, I quickly spotted my favorite And then were the untold number
decreased and, best yet, a zephyr delights; barbecued chicken; baked fiction authors. Two bucks for a of books.
gently drifted over the mountain, goods; and all manner of other hardback? Wow. Books don’t require electricity to
rendering the heat quite bearable to tempting fare. But, oddly, want and need melded charge, don’t house a cold monitor
the climatologically challenged such But this bear made a beeline in my mind. for one to read a favorite page turner,
as myself. for arguably the most-pedestrian I needed to talk to folks who were aren’t easily smudged, and don’t
My first thought upon arrival menu option: a hot dog that sitting in the 90 degree heat—albeit reflect one’s image before the screen
at the ice cream social and viewing quickly elevated to the Mt. Everest under a canopy, cooled by the soft lights up. Books, with palpable
all the rows of tables of books was, of gastronomic heights with the breeze—who’d sacrificed their time weight and texture, touch the senses
“Holy cow!” There was carton after addition of a generous portion of in the interest of Blue Ridge Summit and fire up the imagination.
cardboard carton of hardbacks, sauerkraut, mustard, and chopped Free Library. I wanted to meet those A reader can dog ear pages at
stacked neatly on the tables, as onions. who had dealt with the risk during will, recognize when to turn a page,
well as books beneath, all under My hunger satiated, I meandered the violent weather that morning. or know which book’s pages can
the fluttering overhang of the tent’s around, enjoying conversations with Blue Ridge Summit Free Library be treated less reverently as when
canopy, not to mention all the whomever was willing to shoot the (BRSFL) board member Pat McClain the reader is in a rush to find an
paperbacks and a separate canopy breeze. Meeting volunteer Mary Ellen said that Lynn Martin, BRSFL especially salient or expressive
over the children’s book section. Selvaggio, who sold T-shirts with board President, went out during the passage or an answer to a question in
Books for sale are generously the image of the Blue Ridge Summit early morning storm to retrieve the an open book exam.
donated by community-minded folks Library, and customer Ruth Jay of younger 5K runners while she and Books allow one to scribble
who want to help perpetuate the Rouzerville, Pennsylvania, was a other intrepid folks held onto the legs anything in the margins with low
success of the book sale as part of kick. Ruth, a longtime attendee of the of the tents, anchoring the canopies tech tools like a pen or a pencil, the
the larger context of the ice cream ice cream social, declared the crowd from the high winds accompanying same tools the author many have used
social. The whole shebang is a lesson larger than any she remembered. the storm. when first fleshing out the manuscript.
in community. I couldn’t count all Soon I ventured to the fire trucks. For me, the day was all about Thankfully, literacy is alive and
the vendors who donate proceeds Who doesn’t love a fire truck for observing what an ice cream social well at Blue Ridge Summit Free
to the historic library building’s all they represent? As a child, I was is about: family and folks enjoying Library and the community it has
capital fund. The picturesque former taught to utter a prayer when hearing meeting up with friends they’ve long served.
