All is Fair
And yet, somehow, I have experienced cotton candy, apple fritters, kettle corn, corn dogs, Indian tacos and bannock, and have [...]
Been Too Long at the Fair
Despite the title, from a song I love, for me there is no such thing as being too long at the fair!
Carousel
Although merry-go-rounds or carousels are usually found at state and county fairs, the oldest platform carousel in the [...]
Forever Fair
Believe it or not, I have never been to a county fair. So I don’t have a story — I don’t think I even have 100 words — but I [...]
A Fair to Remember
The president of the fair was a local fixture, Bligh Dodds . . . and he was straight out of Sinclair Lewis.
Ag Fair
The third week of August on Martha’s Vineyard always brings the much-anticipated Agricultural Fair or “Ag [...]
County Fairs/Barely There – (RetroFlash Doggerel*)
To the big fair in Springfield we all go up. I drink a bad soda and quickly throw up. The rest of the fair is pretty [...]
The Camper-Waitress Goes to the Fair
The summer my friend Stephanie and I were too old to be a campers but not old enough to be counselors, we worked as [...]
Past Stories You May Have Missed
Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress
Mainly I remember my mother’s closet as a great place to play hide and seek. It was a big walk-in closet shaped like an [...]
Prompted By In My Mother's Closet
May 8, 2017
A brief audible history
Back in the early days of the Internet, I wrote for a short-lived interactive startup in Santa Monica. I was a practicing [...]
Prompted By What We Listened To
April 15, 2016
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