We headed out early that morning to visit Fujita-san on location at his seaside oyster farming business.  As we arrived, I noticed that there were mountains of bleached white oyster shells stacked high behind his buzzing and humming temporary-looking factory.  It look...

Of all of the marked buoys I had plucked from the beaches of Alaska, this one seemed to be my favorite. I don’t know if it was the style of writing, the meaning it represented, or the way it had been found. I had always hoped to find the owner of it, however way, way...

Dear Bill and Katie,

I wanted to write you and share the experience I encountered in Japan while returning the volleyball that you found. The trip overall was incredible, but the afternoon I spent at Kesen was especially meaningful because of the kids I met, and the...

Bob,

I thought I would write to give you a little information about the soccer ball that you found in Southeast. As I understand it, you found it on Ship Island last year and then transferred it to Kathy. Kathy eventually sent it to the Anchorage museum where it was...