Week 8 Happy Happy Christmas to you all! Happy Happy Christmas to you all! Happy Happy New Year to you all Happy Happy New Year to you all!

This is one of the songs I sung with about 15 young caroling nuns during Christmas week. I ran into the group while I was headed to my [...]

A visit to an Indian doctor

As I mentioned in my last post, I got sick two days after returning from Mysore. After four days of feeling unwell, I learned I had a bacteria infection. Upon the doctor’s inspection of my Kleenex after a sneeze, his diagnosis was confirmed. The clinic was clean and looked like [...]

Mysore

My trip to Mysore started out haggling with rickshaw drivers (it never ends).  I eventually had to pay 20Rs more than the known rate or I would have missed my train.  Others were asking for 50 over and don’t care if they miss a fare.  It took about 40 minutes and 100 Rs (half the [...]

While I haven’t eaten this dish yet, I heard about it and found the spice powder in the grocery which looked intriguing and the name is the best part!    It’s probably available at any Indian store in the States which has South Indian food. 

Bisibelebath Directions:

1. Cook about 250g veggies (beans, potato, peas, carrot, pepper, etc).

2. [...]