Some Favorite Things

Rice panicles from Toi San County, Guangdong Provice, China–the grain that fed my ancestors for countless generations; Lisa’s childhood ivory chopsticks
From our wedding: Communion cup, toasting glass, lacquer chopstick favor, and bridal bouquet petals
A’s game foul ball, leaves from the Jack London Oak, leaf from the Daimyo “Burlingame” Bonsai Tree, leaf from a 9/11 Memorial NYC swamp white oak