grab a tub of popcorn, some cotton candy and surrender your soul to the memory of a happy day. soon the state fair will be here! complete with the tenfold talents of youth and sage. ten days of nostalgia, achievement and sensory overload.
there is something about a fair in general that suspends time. where the advancement of technology and the evolution of intellect pauses briefly, allowing the simplicity of life to shine through. where battles are fought in quart jars of jelly and bragging rights are given to the hand holding the lead of a blue ribbon dairy goat. where the smell of hay and feed and cattle mix with carmel corn and funnel cakes. this is life abundant. this is every grandfather grasping the sticky hand of boyhood and showing him the efforts of a year well-spent.
timeless are these days, as proven by our recent photographs of will. will- whose grandfather wore this very state fair shirt. will- whose reddened cheeks showed evident the hot august day. will- who will no doubt save this piece of legend and give it to his own one day.
thank you will- and thank you to your grandfather- for allowing us to view the essence of happiness, spent in the heat of youth in the greatest state of being.
jg.
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