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Cleaning Out

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Ground Level

  • Publication: East Hampton Press
  • Published on: Nov 13, 2025
  • Columnist: Marilee Foster
There is no setting on binoculars that works in the fog — everything in the distance remains indistinct, and that is fine. Here, the low place, called Sagg Swamp, begins... more

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