Dear Memory Preservers, I had a very good and long laugh at myself this morning. The kind of laugh that nearly turned into hysterics. As you know (although new readers may not), my father Beau became a neurologist after watching his father’s demise from Alzheimer’s disease. Beau then kept his father’s brain in a jar…
Category: Philippines
The Ghosts of Baguio & Beau
Excerpted from “Brain in a Jar” about my trip to the Philippines 23 years ago. “Welcome home!” says the Filipino immigration agent when he notices the place of birth in my passport. After a year of saving every penny in frozen Korea, I arrive in steamy Manila in the spring of 1989. I’ll learn something…
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