Recently, I was asked to retrieve from The Star’s attic contacts and negatives of Troy Bowe, the former Killer Bees’ point guard, in action. The request set my head to spinning like a leptoquark, for, as I told Carl Johnson, who had made the request, “It’s a black hole up there, a bottomless pit from which it has been said nothing escapes.”

AMAGANSETT

Mary Karoussos to Stonyhill L.L.C., 120 Stony Hill Road, Dec. 11, $1,927,476.

Glenn Behr to Handy Lane 6 L.L.C., 35 Handy Lane, Dec. 22, $1,675,000.

Outerbridge Associates Inc. to Handy Lane 7 L.L.C., 45 Handy Lane (vacant), Dec. 22, $1,675,000.

Glenn Behr to Handy Lane 2 L.L.C., 30 Handy Lane (vacant), Dec. 22, $1,570,000.

Laura Behr to Handy Lane 1 L.L.C., 24 Handy Lane, Dec. 22, $1,200,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

John A. Groody to STO 68 L.L.C., 68 Mecox Field Lane, Dec. 22, $6,100,000.

Lessons from a tumble down a flight of stairs, a hospital stay during the height of Covid, and 90 isolating days in a less-than-desirable care center.