One day, I drove into my neighborhood and saw signs pointing to an estate sale. I’m nosy, so I followed…
The Team
Right now I’m contemplating Thanksgiving plans and what to do for Christmas, as tiring as that sounds in the middle…
Up, Up, and Away
I’ve started and stopped this blog many times, unable to focus long enough to eek out more than a few…
Living in a Ghost Town
Recently, a few colleagues and I stood at our doors waiting for 1st period students to arrive, talking about how…
Magical Drops
Tomorrow I turn 43. To prepare for the big day and my birthday week, I caught up on homework, wrote,…
Empty Seats, Full Hearts
Last week we went to dinner with my brother-in-law, niece, and nephew. It was for my sister-in-law’s birthday, her first…
Cross-Pollination on Shakedown Street
I’ve been thinking about the melting pot that is our own lives, and how our impermanence and everyone else’s impermanence…
The Other Side
This morning I saw a man with gray hair pushing an umbrella stroller stacked with junk, wearing mismatched clothes and…
Make This Beautiful
Each night feels like Groundhog Day. The same fatigue. The same insurmountable housework, kid obligations, my work, a vicious cycle…
Thank You
It’s November, and for many people in the United States, that means a month of thankfulness with the Thanksgiving holiday…
Teresa Shimogawa 