“I want you to know that we did place the initial order of 100 books. You should also know that part of this order was and is used as gifts to employees and that we still present them to new employees to read. G&G is a valuable part of orientation…the Interim Director is reading it now.”
I cannot express the deep joy my knowing this has given to me. After Maxine and I were there last summer, I knew someone had ordered 100 wholesale copies. Ghost Ranch was my best guess…but 100 copies to sell in the Trading Post? I did not understand.
Now I know why the ranch ordered so many copies and how it has been using my little book to educate and inspire its employees.
As you see from the quote, Ghost Ranch is in a period of transition. Clearly, someone in the former administration made the decision to give my book to the ranch employees, but I was not told about it. (The Valley of Shining Stone does not easily give up its mysteries!) Now I hope incoming leadership will open lines of communication with me so that together we can find ways to use the book to introduce Ghost Ranch to many others. That is the main reason I wrote it.
Ghosts and Gold: My Story of Ghost Ranch is 100% my gift to Ghost Ranch. Thursday I learned it has accepted that gift, and I am profoundly grateful.
