Friend Yue, who lives in Xiamen, Fujian, sent these pretty flowers and cachet in honor of Teachers' Day in China. I met Yue while teaching English as a second language in a volunteer program at the local library. Her husband was a research fellow at a local university, and she was studying English. Their son Xu, who was in primary school at the time, is now applying to grad school in the States. Thanks, Yue, it's been grand knowing you. All the best to Xu.
