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Erin Welch, 7, of Sanibel, and cousin Sydney Madera, of Washington, D.C., left Bowman’s Beach on Sanibel on May 28 with an impressive haul. They went shelling
Cynthia Barnett’s deeply researched and engagingly written new book, “The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans,” brilliantly weaves together mollusk anecdotes, ocean science and human history as it takes a deep dive into the nature of seashells and the story of their connection to us. Read Tom Henry’s review in the new BookShelf.
Time to get away and Galveston was the place. Salt water and the beach.