Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart: A Groupie Grows Up - Plot & Excerpts
was to cash my very first—big!—royalty check and buy two tickets to Japan. Nick had always dreamed of going to Japan, his extreme fascination for everything Japanese having continued unabated. He was so excited, genuine joy spread across his face when I handed him the tickets, and it was worth all the tea in Kyoto. The day school let out (much to Nick’s relief), we boarded a bird for Tokyo, a twelve-hour flight, and Nick was the perfect child. No complaining, no demands—actual happiness! We put on our Japanese slippers, played cards, ate white rice with chopsticks, watched dumb movies, and tried in vain to sleep a little. He was so electrified by the time we arrived, I thought he would pass out with exhilarated expectation. Instantly at home, he seemed entirely comfortable on the wide, crowded streets. A serenity enveloped him that I had never seen before, a feeling of “fitting in” at last. The massive hustle-bustle madness of Tokyo somehow calmed him down. It was Nick’s holiday, so besides all the wonderful meditative times spent at Buddhist temples and calming moments in immaculate gardens, with white deer all around us, we spent tons of hours in modern techno malls, perusing the latest in video systems.
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