This is a simple earthenware bowl. 

Although It seems empty, it is full of memories. 

I purchased it in the late 1980's to hold apples on my desk -- and that had the
expected side effect of my co-workers ... borrowing ... an apple now and then. 

I purchased it in a small department store -- one of many convenient stores in
the ground level concourse of the building where I worked ... in lower Manhattan. 

Although simple and common, this bowl is irreplaceable ...

You see ... that store, the concourse, the two towers, that entire complex
of buildings no longer exists. 

All I have is this empty bowl ... full of memories. 

The picture below me is something more uplifting than my somber submission. 

--
Martin