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By Sarah M. C. Baugh

Exclusively available in the print edition of Gulf Coast issue 29.2

Sarah M. C. Baugh is a writer and photographer, born and raised in Upstate New York. She makes her home in Athens, Georgia, with her husband and two daughters.

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29.2 - Summer/Fall 2017

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