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1、TheTreasuresinStoreattheShore/ToddR.Nelson[1]Beachcombingismyemblemforsummer.Eachsummer,ourfamilymigratesbacktoasmallcoastaltowninMainewherewemessaroundinboats,pickblueberries,fishformackerel,loungebookishlyinthehammockbythegrandfatherelm,andcombthepebbledshore.Lifeebbsandflowswiththerhyth
2、moftidesanddaylight,versustheclockorjobsthatgoverntherestoftheyear.[2]It’snotperfect:Theharbormastermaybeseenwearinganelectronicpagerasheregulatessailorstyingupatthedock,andeventhetentaclesofFedExreachdownthepeninsulatwodaysaweek.“HeretooinArcadia.”Ioverheardoneschoonerpassengerpleadingto
3、herhusband,asheheadedforthegrocerystore:“Oh,pleasedon’tbuyanewspaper.”We,too,seekblissfulignorance.Toconstructtheillusionof19th-centuryliving,theworldmustbekeptatbay.[3]Thisistheseasonandtheplaceforgatheringnewsofourinteriorworld.Ourbeachisarepositoryforthetidesofthebayatthemouthofthemight
4、yPenobscotRiver.Andourharboristhesiteofseveralshipsinkingsduringmilitaryskirmishesinthe17thand18thcenturies,whenworldpowersviedforaccesstoMaine’sforestedinterior.[4]Inourfirstsummershere,wehadaromanticnotionthatthewornchinaandsandedblueglasswegleanedontheshorehadwashedoutofaBritishfrigate
5、decayingontheharborbottom.Whenwelearnedthatitwasonlytheoldtowndumpsunken100yardsoffshore,wefeltcheated.Allourporcelainwastrash,nottreasure.[5]Butourcollectinghasnotslowed.Thechildrenlovethesehumblevestigesofformertimes.Ashardofbluefiligreechinaremainsexotic.“Treasure”isdefinedbyprovenancea
6、ndthecurrentcollector.Itisnotintrinsic.[6]Summer’sintertidalzonecollectsandgathersusasmuchaswecollectandgatherwhatthetidesdeposit.Myhammockreadingyieldedthisthought:“Achildcomestotheedgeofdeepwaterwithamindpreparedforwonder,”writesEdwardO.Wilson.“Heislikeaprimitiveadultoflongago,anacquisit
7、iveearlyHomoarrivingattheshoreofLakeMalawi....”[7]Soeachsummerwhenwearriveatourdeep-waterhaunt,webeginanewcollectiontoaddtotheold.WeexaminetheeffectsofwinterstormsonourMaineMalawi,andwenotethenewmoorings,newboats,andnewboaters.Wereconnectwithpeopleintown:thewa
