Fair enough
It's North Stonington Agricultural Fair weekend, and to show solidarity with the increasingly beleaguered agricultural aspect of my home town, I took advantage of the Saturday night senior discount and delighted in this annual event. As always, it was a rare pleasure to hobnob with exhibitors, stroll the Midway, listen to country music, and be dazzled by the rural arts and crafts, Blue Ribbon winners. But, also as always, my favorite event of the evening was the Ox Pull, that old-fashioned contest featuring enormously powerful cattle and their equally strong-willed handlers. Sometimes the oxen get with the program and pull on command; sometimes they don't. You'd like to think you're in control, but working with strong-willed cattle will either make you, or keep you, humble.