tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102072993175471978.post1510276617987888477..comments2011-10-04T11:03:35.713-04:00Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452199306485205663noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102072993175471978.post-90428270201105541642011-10-04T11:03:35.713-04:002011-10-04T11:03:35.713-04:00&quot;As I was collecting wampum and also thinking of my family far away in New York cleaning out the last bits of my grandparent&#39;s home, I couldn&#39;t help but think about the value of things, and how it is so liberating to love what we love because we want to. And, not because we are told to. &quot;<br /><br />:)emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04530388703192031526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102072993175471978.post-51184590321013912062011-09-26T11:49:19.054-04:002011-09-26T11:49:19.054-04:00Oh, I know alllll about those frisky little shells.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452199306485205663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102072993175471978.post-78024533920660880362011-09-26T11:23:43.284-04:002011-09-26T11:23:43.284-04:00I presume you didn&#39;t want to sully your wampum by placing them among the more <em>common</em> slipper shells in your collection? You do have slipper shells, right? How could you not with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepidula_fornicata" rel="nofollow">latin</a> name like that.Cornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02539120472402293083noreply@blogger.com