After almost 40 years in the journalism business, I have to admit that I still love being a writer and photographer... I guess this is pretty obvious. But some days I love it more than usual, and today, a rather murky and warm one, was definitely among the best. The reason was that I'd been assigned to profile an oyster farmer and Yale alum named Jules Opton-Himmel, and rather than just talk to him over the phone, I decided, since his Walrus and Carpenter Oyster Farm was close by, to pay him a visit and get out on the water. Although I had planned to interview and photograph him at a Rhode Island salt pond known as Ninigret, our plans had to change and I wound up traveling to Jamestown, Rhode Island, a longer trek but one with sentimental value: in the early-to-mid-1970s, I lived on Jamestown and, it turned out, very close to his farm. I hadn't been in a boat for a long time, so the voyage through Dutch Harbor, where I used to fish, was both fun and a trip down memory lane; learning how Jules farmed the sea was fascinating and, as part of our show-and-tell, there was a taste of his product at the end. I adore oysters, and these were just fabulous. Maybe I should become a food journalist.