Chapter One: First Trip to India
When I arrived in Mysore the first time, I was invited to a potluck by a woman named Petra from the Netherlands. She was a Zappa fan, had...
Chapter Two: Second Trip to India
That fall the teacher from Seattle invited me to come play a kirtan with him in his studio. His wife was in Mysore, and it was just the...
Chapter Three: Third Trip to India
Since I and the Kirtan Woman had been to Berkley in the fall, neither of us arrived back in Mysore until January. When I got there, she...
Chapter Four: Fourth Trip to India
I survived another season in Mysore and returned home for the summer, but still was not wise enough to stay away. This fourth year when I...
Chapter Five: Fifth Trip to India
The kirtan woman had contacted me that summer and wanted me to “hook up” with her in New York on the way to Mysore as she was going to be...
Chapter Six: Sixth Trip to India
The next year I went back, but the Kirtan Woman was unable to come because she needed to have surgery. I was going to stay at her Luxury...
Chapter Seven: Seventh Trip to India
The next year the Kirtan Woman came again to Mysore, but she would not stay with me at the flat because she did not want people to think...
Chapter Eight: Eighth Trip to India
The next year I was not going to come back. I told the Kirtan Woman, and she told me that my behavior was completely natural. I told her...
Chapter Nine: The Training
Once I had produced the practice sheet, I had to memorize it. I have never been good at memorization, but I set my mind to it and...
Chapter Ten: Substituting in Victoria
I was having a good time. I would work during the week on my apartments and repair anything the tenants called me about immediately. I...
