![]() It wasn’t much then, just a muddy little harbor. ![]() Like my long, bumpy nose-is it the gift of a Roman or Celt? Was there a wayward Jesuit in my past (certainly my mind turns like one) or maybe a rowdy Scottish sailor? I’m not being fanciful-medieval Asia was plagued by Roman Catholic priests, shipwrecked British soldiers and enterprising Portuguese merchants the Japanese city of Nagasaki was established by the Portuguese in 1571 as a trading port. But lately, I’m seeing myself more clearly, and I’m beginning to understand: I am the articulation of every recessive gene in my family’s repository. The curiosity is sometimes surprisingly aggressive, even hostile, and it used to leave me perplexed. Especially Asians who need to know what ancestors I worship. ![]() I can’t be easily placed and this disturbs people. There is always so much curiosity about what I am.
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