Teresa ShimogawaMake This BeautifulEach night feels like Groundhog Day. The same fatigue. The same insurmountable housework, kid obligations, my work, a vicious cycle of…9 min read·Feb 27, 2024----
Teresa ShimogawaThank YouIt’s November, and for many people in the United States, that means a month of thankfulness with the Thanksgiving holiday approaching…6 min read·Nov 14, 2023----
Teresa ShimogawaI Am Responsible“Your true home is the here and now.” -Thich Nhat Hanh10 min read·Nov 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.10 min read·Oct 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…10 min read·Aug 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…11 min read·Jul 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…6 min read·Oct 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…4 min read·Jun 7, 2022----
Teresa ShimogawaHello, JuneI typically try to write a blog each month, but somehow May slipped away from me and it never happened. The school year ended, and right…8 min read·Jun 3, 2022----
Teresa ShimogawaApril ShowersOne-third of the year is over, and it always amazes me how fast the months zip by. Especially this time of the year. As a teacher, my life…7 min read·Apr 26, 2022----