Back in the summer of ’69, a couple years after he was almost locked up in a maximum-security prison, David Clarkson arrived in West Marin with the nickname “Flower,” an old banjo and just enough money to open a jewelry store with a buddy from the East Coast.
He established his original shop in Marshall, but two decades later he moved it to Point Reyes Station, where it has flourished for 32 years. Aside from…