Seadon Shouse Recalls His Childhood Through Every Salt Harvest at Halifax

Seadon Shouse lives by the motto, “If you can do it yourself, why not?”

A few times a year, he and his wife drive three hours from their home in New York City to the furthest point of Montauk beach in the Hamptons. They collect mussels and periwinkles, and start a fire on the sand, away from prying eyes. They boil water for tea, enjoy their mollusk haul, and then hike for a while....