Today's haiku:
Strolling lazily today
Manju and green tea
And my gratitude:
Being able to explore the things that I like the most. Case in point, Mom and I took a fun excursion to Sunrise Mart where I checked out different nabe. I had plans to buy one and try different dishes like yosenabe this winter. So we checked out the pottery section for a while. For some reason almost everything I saw in the grocery section brought me squarely back to the Japan of ten years ago. Scanning the wafu pasta, konnyaku and katsuobushi, I recalled how everything was once new. I also remembered how once I had no idea what any of that was. Now it's familiar and friendly, even to the point where I can try learning to cook Japanese homestyle dishes at home. So I'm grateful to live in an American city like New York where I can still develop my knowledge of things Japanese.
Comments