i remember the first time i met the eccentric dr. larry lee. it was july 2019, and my brother and i both happened to be visiting my mom at the same time. Dr. lee was an old family friend and ex-neighbor of my parents back when they used to live in wisconsin with my older sisters and brothers, shortly before i was born. after my parents moved away they’d lost contact with dr. lee’s family until he and my mother accidentally bumped into each other at a nutrition talk which dr. lee was giving to a taiwanese senior community in washington state shortly before my brother and i arrived in town to see my mom. dr. lee and my mom had, unbeknownst to each other, moved within a mile of each other and were once again practically neighbors on the other side of the country. dr. lee was eager to meet me for the first time and reunite with my brother, whom he hadn’t seen in over 30 years.
So interesting! And also I love when Ulrich arrives on scene in one of your essays