I saw these men recently digging clams on the Essex River and they brought back some great and not so great, memories for me. They reminded me of my time digging clams. Oh yes, I have dug many a clam in my day back when I was much younger. It is back-breaking work for the men but when you are just a kid digging at the local beach with your brothers it doesn’t feel so much like work, well, I guess that isn’t quite true. It does feel like work but when you are working with a good team the work goes faster and you do have more fun. We weren’t just having fun there though…we were digging for our supper.