Right now I’m contemplating Thanksgiving plans and what to do for Christmas, as tiring as that sounds in the middle … More
Author: houseofteresa
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 … More
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 … More
Magical Drops
Tomorrow I turn 43. To prepare for the big day and my birthday week, I caught up on homework, wrote, … More
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 … More
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 … More
The Other Side
This morning I saw a man with gray hair pushing an umbrella stroller stacked with junk, wearing mismatched clothes and … More
Make This Beautiful
Each night feels like Groundhog Day. The same fatigue. The same insurmountable housework, kid obligations, my work, a vicious cycle … More
Thank You
It’s November, and for many people in the United States, that means a month of thankfulness with the Thanksgiving holiday … More
Buddhist Palestinian
Hello out there! I didn’t write an essay in September. I was buried under life, our days a flurry of … More