Clams Along The Beach
1964 • Long Beach, NY, USA
I remember eating clams that my uncle would dig up along the beach. They were tiny, sweet and orange like carrots. The clams went away like the sand crabs and starfish. Periodically the beaches would close because of poor water quality.
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