Living the Norm

I'm straddling vacation and non-vacation.  Andrew is here and the world is new, even as I travel through well-grooved routines.  Japan is a territory to be explored once again, even the grocery store or the hundred yen shop, or the possibilities of the foods in my kitchen, things that are outside the norm of life but have become the norm.  One day, perhaps, we'll be making grilled cheese in a kitchen in America, and remember the nights of miso and Japanese sweet potatoes.