We gather our things to visit the sea. Towels and drinks and snacks and books to fascinate and soothe our minds. And often, all of it...

Even under the shade of the beach umbrella, the heat from the sand radiates and bakes us like a roasting chicken in a store front window....

We go to the edge of the sea dressed in warm, heavy sweaters with treasures collected from lifetimes by the shore. Trophies of time...

I walk through antique stores, junk stores, thrift shops hoping to notice and identify objects from my past and return them to their...