Teresa ShimogawaCross-Pollination on Shakedown StreetI’ve been thinking about the melting pot that is our own lives, and how our impermanence and everyone else’s impermanence is precisely what…Oct 17Oct 17
Teresa ShimogawaThe Other SideThis morning I saw a man with gray hair pushing an umbrella stroller stacked with junk, wearing mismatched clothes and talking to himself…May 3May 3
Teresa ShimogawaMake This BeautifulEach night feels like Groundhog Day. The same fatigue. The same insurmountable housework, kid obligations, my work, a vicious cycle of…Feb 27Feb 27
Teresa ShimogawaThank YouIt’s November, and for many people in the United States, that means a month of thankfulness with the Thanksgiving holiday approaching…Nov 14, 2023Nov 14, 2023
Teresa ShimogawaI Am Responsible“Your true home is the here and now.” -Thich Nhat HanhNov 12, 2023Nov 12, 2023
Teresa ShimogawaBuddhist PalestinianWhat to say during these trying times? It feels like the world is going insane. U.S. politics is a mess. Ukraine. Israel. Gaza.Oct 19, 2023Oct 19, 2023
Teresa ShimogawaSmoke in MirrorsYou have to go to the real world. You can go back to your regular life, and forget any of this ever happened. Or you can know the truth…Aug 16, 2023Aug 16, 2023
Teresa ShimogawaGone Fishin’My kids are away at summer camp, all of them, for the first and only time ever. Next year my oldest will age out, and I have big plans to…Jul 24, 2023Jul 24, 2023
Teresa ShimogawaBuilding Sand Castles in OctoberWe went camping recently. Camping as an adult isn’t exciting, at least for me. It’s so much work. I had my smartwatch calculating my steps…Oct 23, 2022Oct 23, 2022
Teresa ShimogawaThe Damn ShoeWell folks, the other shoe dropped. A few days after I posted my last essay, things went downhill. The night before, Ethan had said to me…Jun 7, 2022Jun 7, 2022
