I went to the State Fair by myself yesterday which, in retrospect, may be my favorite way to go. Alone you can just wander as though in a fever dream in Technicolor and Surround Sound and Smell-o-Rama, allow yourself to be distracted and attracted by anything that catches your eye, or ear, or nose. That's how I wound up in the animal judging barns, where I sat enthralled for maybe three hours (at this point I could tell you some of the things that make for a good hog, or sheep, or goat) and where I got this cute picture of girls at the 4H lamb competition.