Looking for a bag of things my Japanese friend H left in our storage room last year I happened on something I thought was lost forever: a beloved wooden plate from Italy which I used to use for bread all the time! (Her bag was found, too.) I had thought the people who'd contracted to sublet the apartment while I was in China but then left me hanging after two months had done away with it... but maybe I hid it away! In any case it's good timing, as my partner returns from China in a fortnight, and we've taken to saying grace before meals.