FIRST WEEKEND OF OCTOBER greetings to you and your favorite virtual fairgoer.
Don’t we all feel an emptiness in our hearts (and stomachs) as we realize that, like so many other things these past seven months, the beloved “Old Time Country Fair, Enriched with the Progress of Time” is not happening — at least not live?
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