I've loved the State Fair since I was a boy. My first job in my home state of Maryland was stable boy. I took care of the horses of a wealthy doctor and ensured they were fed, exercised, groomed and loved. I also had my first accolade as an artist when I submitted a painting in the student art show and won a blue ribbon. The first acknowledgement that maybe I had some talent in this world after all. What a lovely contrast of sweaty, dirt covered boy with straw in his hair sen