Shells

Beach-combing has been a passion since childhood. This is a record of some of the things I find: shells, bones, seeds, pebbles, roots…

Is Shell Collecting Wrong?

Jam jars filled with sea-glass, pebbles, shells and shrimps regularly accompanied the family back home from damp weekends in Hastings or Bexhill.

Coffee & Doughnuts

I tasted sea urchin for the first time off the northern coast of Java, but I won’t eat them again because some of their numbers are dwindling.

Scorpions and Bombs

There are quite a few species of conch in Indonesia, but this is the most difficult to find, because each finger is long and delicate (reminiscent of a scorpion’s tail).

An Obsession

I could have used a more elaborate shell, but I want to start with one of the common or garden treasures nature shares with us.

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