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Tilting at Windmills

  • Publication: East Hampton Press
  • Published on: Aug 25, 2025
  • Columnist: Tracy Grathwohl
It was a Friday around 2 p.m. My mission, which I chose to accept, was to drop a package at UPS. As I drove there, the “Mission Impossible” song went... more

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