Teresa Finney

Senior Contributor at @thisrecording and essayist. I wear a pocket knife around my neck.

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The Answer Was Always the Same

We are about 20 minutes from the coast, from the spot where the sea meets land. It’s a breezy, cloudy 64 degrees tonight (because of that…

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The Answer Was Always the Same

We are about 20 minutes from the coast, from the spot where the sea meets land. It’s a breezy, cloudy 64 degrees tonight (because of that…

Teresa Finney3 min read

For caring

My sister texted me sometime in the middle of the second inning. Matt Kemp had just hit a line drive into left field, bringing in Yasiel…

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Plum Crazy

A short time in the desert.

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