U.S. 2289: 22¢
Hummingbird (6-13-1987)
22nd Anniversary Cake
on 22 years of first meeting
Pretty Penny Rose
with 22 petals



Happy 22nd Anniversary
                                for Cathy

Amazing friendship blossomed
on May 8, 2000— 22 years ago
when she met me at Foothill
Middlefield Computer Lab.

It was V-E Day, her Dad's birthday,
as well as Truman's & Gary Snyder's.
She knew my physical & spiritual
mentors— Scheraga and Damiani.

Found a 22¢ hummingbird stamp,
an animated 22nd birthday cake,
and 22-petals Pretty Penny Rose,
to celebrate this auspicious day.

22 is a sacred number with
22 letters of Hebrew alphabet
linked to the Kabbalah and
22 major arcana Tarot cards.

Twosday 2-22-22— a palindromic date
appeared a millenium ago 1-11-11,
inspiring a poem linking to 22 and
Byron's "ivy of sweet two-and-twenty".

Cathy loves Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching
who wrote in Verse 22— "Because
the Master has no goal in mind,
everything he does succeeds."


    — Peter Y. Chou
        Mountain View, 5-8-2022
"War in Europe Is Ended!"
NY Times, May 8, 1945


Hebrew Alphabet
has 22 letters


Kabbalah's Tree
has 22 Paths


22 Major Arcana
in Tarot Cards


Lao Tzu
(604 B.C.-517 B.C.)
Chinese silk painting
from British Museum