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Marianne: Blame Insomnia On Parsnips

One of the rules for judges at the Bonner County Fair this year suggests that good judges should come rested and ready to concentrate on their jobs.  Must be my subconscious zeroed in on that rule last night cuz I have to judge the creative writing entries this afternoon. Whenever something important is happening the next day, my subconscious and possibly my brain conspire to keep me awake the night before. Something important happened every day when I was teaching school, so the insomnia card flashed across my mind virtually every night of my last 20-plus years as a teacher. 'Twasn't fun, as any insomniac will tell you/Marianne Love, Slight Detour. More here.

Question: How often do you have trouble sleeping? Why?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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