Like most Americans who express themselves primarily through carefully arranged seashells, I was shocked and frightened to learn the Trump administration has indicted former FBI Director James Comey over an Instagram post showing the numbers “86 47” written in our favorite medium.

Throughout my life, when spoken words have failed me, I’ve turned to seashells. I gather them from whichever beach is nearby, then use them to write words, generally on the part of the beach just out of reach of the incoming waves, allowing me to capture a bit of water in the photo I’ll inevitably post on social media.

“I’m Sorry,” I wrote once when I was feeling sorry, using scallop shells and shards of broken conchs.

“Spin Doctors Rule,” I wrote on a South Florida beach in the late 1980s when I thought the band the Spin Doctors ruled.

James Comey indictment has seashell enthusiasts worried

Until the April 28 Comey indictment, I never imagined my seashell words could be used against me in a court of law. 

Count one of the actually real indictment, a two-page document an assistant U.S. attorney who presumably has a real law degree willfully signed his........

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