Notes on Our Life in Today’s China

Notes on Our Life in Today’s China

Temporary expats’ random observations on life in today’s China.

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Remembering a Father’s Cooking and Search for Home

Remembering a Father’s Cooking and Search for Home

In a series of essays, a daughter confronts losing her father while searching for home.

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Coming Home: Where Sisterhood Was Born

Coming Home: Where Sisterhood Was Born

The bonds of sisterhood have endured over the years among members of the Maryknoll College Class of 1974.

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Bitter Melon Sounds

Bitter Melon Sounds

How a writer came to “know his ass from a hole in the ground.”

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Our Indomitable Mamang

Our Indomitable Mamang

Life was tough every step of the way for a mother with eight children, but the way she lived it one would not have guessed just how tough.

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Postcards from Rome

Postcards from Rome

Her mother’s passing bookmarks the writer’s vivid memories of the Eternal City.

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What Did You Do in the War, Mommy?

What Did You Do in the War, Mommy?

A phone call from a stranger made her write a book about her mother.

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In My Father’s Two Worlds

In My Father’s Two Worlds

A writer attends her father’s wake arranged by his other family.

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La Vida Local on the Amazon, the Sequel

La Vida Local on the Amazon, the Sequel

Fun and conspiracy aboard an Amazon riverboat.

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POW No. 24

POW No. 24

A veteran World War II survivor remembers the cruelty, hunger and sickness he and his fellow prisoners suffered during the Bataan Death March.

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