mudflat

 

quahog

chowder

little neck

cherrystone

on the half shell

Ben Franklin

at the Union Oyster House

short rake and bull

tongs

beneath a rippling surface

primitive life in the mud

filtering the seas for sustenance

ebb and flow

a moment of the sun and moon

neap and spring

wampumpeag

power and status

currency of the fur trade

two quarts fried

my lunch at the Dairy Queen