As someone who doesn’t enjoy having her picture taken, you can imagine my horror when a fairgoer announced yesterday that she had seen my picture in Tuesday’s paper.
“You did?” I replied. “What was I doing?”
“I think it was an ad to get people to come to the fair,” she said. [...]
I cannot explain how it felt when I learned last night of the young man who was injured by a steer yesterday at the fair. Eerily, it happened about an hour before I blogged about how an errant cow could be dangerous, [...]
Despite having grown up in Yorktown, Indiana (a rural suburb of Muncie that wallows in delusions of grandeur despite its lack of a hair salon, movie theatre, drug store or other big-city conveniences), I am quite lacking in any truly “rural” experiences. I’ve never milked a cow – in fact, [...]
It’s not every day I see signage as amusing as I’ve seen this afternoon. To show their gratitude to Sheila Stephen, “winner” (is there really a winner?) of the Kiss a Pig fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington, club patrons created this for her:
After [...]
The 2007 Monroe County Fair Queen has been named: Alyssa Lampkins was chosen from a group of 33 contestants on Saturday following my last post.
There was no shortage of interest in the contest; people filed in and out of the H-T booth, looking at photos and reading about the [...]
Have you looked outside today? Better yet, have you been outside today? We could not have asked for better weather for Day 1 of the fair. I’ve already given out about two dozen eggs…
Guess what’s inside! Here’s a hint: it goes well with comic strips!!
…and received about 15 [...]
This was one of those days when coming in at 7 a.m. was something I actually wanted to do - just so I could be sure that everything was done.
This year, as always, the H-T booth features photos of the fair queen contestants. There are 33 contestants this time, [...]
Hello everyone, we are out at the fair today setting up the H-T booth.
Come out and say hello and keep your eyes on this blog all week!
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