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White Jade Flower (Michelia x alba) Bai Yu Lan

Arutua

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

Deeply grateful to read at two events:

Seventeen Syllables and Friends reading at J-Sei, Sunday March 4 at 2 pm, with Jay Dayrit, Brian Komei Dempster, Caroline Kim-Brown, Mari L’Esperance, Grace Loh Prasad, Brynn Saito, and Marianne Villanueva. 1285 66th Street, Emeryville, California.

Ms Aligned 2: Women Writing About Men reading at Eastwind Books of Berkeley, Saturday March 10 at 3 pm, with Connie Pan, Allison Landa, and Sarah Kobrinsky.  2066 University Avenue, Berkeley, California.

Island of Mo’orea from Matavai Bay, Tahiti

Reason No. 15: Some words actually look like the thing they describe.

From Buzzfeed: 15 Reasons Why Learning Chinese Is Easier Than English

Sunset in Puka-Puka

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

Desk with Writing Set and Plum Blossoms

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

The Metropolitan Museum of Art