Walk along ways north on the beach here, past the dog-friendly section, past the break in the dunes where that white egret stands at the edge of the lagoon. Keep walking towards the jetty until you see it. I don’t know how many people over how many years have hung shells and other things on that tree. Some of the people might have done it for fun, but it feels like others put things there in memory of someone. There’s a tiny teddy bear ornament mixed in among the shells and seaweed. It was that one thing that made me…
