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Getting bogged down has its benefits

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Amy Dickinson
Nov 07, 2022
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Until yesterday, the term “bog” resided only in my imagination. I pictured such a place as existing mainly in storybooks — as a weird and enchanting ecosystem — a backdrop for dinosaurs and wooly mammoths.

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But then yesterday I took the opportunity to visit a bog, which is actually only five miles from my house. Turns out that…

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