Most of us have thought about barns at some point in our lives. For many of us, barns evoke a simpler time. A time when we were closer to the earth, we worked hard, and we knew where our food came from. Maybe like me, you grew up in the country seeing barns every day. Or possibly you drive past barns on the way to the coast, or driving down the Willamette Valley, or out through eastern Washington. We see them in all sorts of conditions: beautifully restored, in original and fine condition, or in... more