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Remembering the Child - Rooftop Picnic
Near my childhood home in Southampton, there was an abandoned property where I used to hang out. A long curved driveway provided a...
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Remembering the Boy - In the Woods
When I was a child we spent summers in Hampton Bays at my grandparents' cottage. It faced a spring-fed creek that flowed out to...