By this point in the summer (if you’re doing it right), you’ve probably got a seashell or two shedding sand on your front porch. There’s something about the mindlessness of a day at the beach that lends itself to shell-collecting: You stroll along, you spot one and then another, eventually you start to compare them, then you look for the best one, and pretty soon a few of them come home in your pocket.Read full article >>