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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
By Robin Finn — She’s sweaty. She has to pee. She’s got 3 young adults. No wonder she can’t sleep.(Photo: Steven Pahel/Unsplash)
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
Sep 25
Dreams of My Mother
I would like to think she is a harbinger of better days to come.
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
Sep 6
Grief is Sticky
The poet finds his departed mother on the breeze. I want mine next to me in line at…
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
Aug 12
At 54, I Finally Learned to Hula Hoop — Here’s What I Learned About Trying Again in Midlife
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
May 24, 2023
Letting Go of Failure — And Everything Else That Didn’t Turn Out Like I Planned
I laugh when I…
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
Nov 16, 2021
The Mystery of the Stop Sign Ticket
The camera caught somebody rolling through that stop sign. I was…
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
Oct 12, 2021
When the Sliding Doors of My Life Collide
I toasted the single, prolific, Upper West Side writer I…
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
Sep 20, 2021
I am Over Withholding Things From Myself
The next time I go to the corner market in the middle of the…
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
Sep 13, 2021
Waiting for ‘Something to Happen’ When You Don’t know What That Something Is
I am a Spiritual Person…
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
Sep 6, 2021
When the Ducks Fly the Coop, Your Job is Done (But Not Really)
The thing I understand after losing my…
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Robin Finn
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley
Aug 27, 2021
Writing Faster than Grief
Some things you can’t outrun, no matter how fast you type.
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