Nesting structure constructed by a moon snails in the intertidal zone, they double as epaulets or tiaras for kids playing on the beach. Bringing one home to dry requires care.

Specialty of the house: ear-shaped earring bowls.

Proceeds of beach-clay pottery, grifted to willfully gullible adults, to fund construction.

Thanks for the memories, Carol’s Western Wear.

My dad is nice,

He’s like some mice,

He’s funny,

He likes some honey,

My dad is sweet,

He bakes with wheat,

Sometimes I think “Oh Dad you’re neat!”

From 1995 Curtis Bay plant tour. After all that offal, I couldn’t resist the offering – the only time I took the soup on a story.