Time for a little Carson Kressley

I am now taking time from my regularly scheduled blog life (which is never regularly scheduled and which is not technically speaking a life and which is still, four years in, trying to figure out what it is meant to be) to share with you two photographs taken one summer ago at the horse show extravaganza that happens once each year two blocks from my home.

A blue ribbon to those of you who recognize the rider as Mr. Carson Kressley, who gained fame on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and is now defying the odds with Anna Trebunskaya on "Dancing With the Stars."  But in between those two TV appearances, Mr. Kressley rode this horse to first Devon Horse Show placedom with considerable style.  The horse itself, a majestic creature, was stabled in the back corner of the show grounds, and after the win, Carson kindly entertained the crowds and signed a fistful of autographs.  What struck me at the time was how incredibly serious he was about his riding—and how stand-out gifted with a horse. 

Which means, I'm saying, that, though he has us laughing on "Dancing," and is in fact the reason I tune in, there is much to him that the cameras do not see.  He's gracious in person and he cares about what he does.  And see how the horse listens to him.

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Let them live

One of the many things I love about where I live is that we let each other be.  When Bruce Springsteen, for example, would come to the Devon Horse Show (his daughter rides), he'd go in and out of the shops—unmassed, unbothered, just a dad with a daughter in a show.  Carson Kressley (of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" fame), likewise, comes to the show each year and is given room, not simply to wend his way through the crowds, but to compete, as he did, on this gorgeous (winning) horse last night. We all know who he is.  We don't get in his way.  He brings seriousness and skills to the ring.

I like being a part of a place that allows people the space to live out and to live wide. 

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