I was always jealous of those farm kids at the State Fair. Barefoot and confident, covered in dust their coveralls did indeed coverall, catching every drip of ice cream, every drop of grease. I imagined that they slept right on the hay bales that penned off their milking goats – what a life!
Their blue-ribbon proudly pinned for all the Fair-Goers to see.AndThe City Kids lined up to milktheirgoats!Why can’t I have a goat? Why can’t I run around the fair barefoot ringworm be damned!
I guessthat DIY storyis coming together one of the writers called me on my telephone… I kept telling her everything was “off the record” – she seemed confused. I can’t just open myself up to the public. They did ask me to create Headlines for the other “Best In Show” categories. I wanted to do them in macaroni but they reminded me that I own a design andletterpressstudio – not a design and macaronistudio. Now I feel like a missed the boat on that concept.
Here are some of the headlines they asked for:
Oh, they also wanted some blue ribbons:
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