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Fishing in a bucket. The total hopelessness of the activity was very soothing. It was the perfect sport. Without the emotional stresses of success and failure, she was entirely free to enjoy the pleasures of the moment... It was a good hobby, and cheap, and if more people did it more often

Hilary McKay

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Hilary McKay
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: June 12
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Boston
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