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Coyote, Auntie Fox, and the Camelback

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, June 9, 2013 Once upon a time, in a valley almost identical to this one, there lived a coyote, a resplendent specimen of shiny silver fur and long slender feet. Coyote happened to have an aunt in retail, a small but bossy red fox who liked to nag him about fine…… Continue reading Coyote, Auntie Fox, and the Camelback

Tryptophanatic

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, March 31, 2013 Shortly after my father is fired from Boeing in the early ‘70s along with half the rest of the workforce, he decides not to go back to work but stay at home instead, much to my mother’s great and lip-pursing chagrin. It’s a big enough house not to…… Continue reading Tryptophanatic

Dear Cat (from Hell)

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, March 17, 2013 It’s nearly spring, my love. You are making snorfing sounds as you eat a dinner I made by hand, with chicken livers and turkey, oatmeal and carrots. A dinner the pressure-cooked steam of which requires the house to be aired out a bit, windows opened, candles burned. A…… Continue reading Dear Cat (from Hell)

Annotations of a life wish (from the poem by Nadine Stair)

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, March 3, 2013 If I had my life to live over (which I do, really, every time I roll out of bed onto a new day, every time I open a door, a portal, or even the tiny box on my dining room table I keep absolutely nothing in, every time…… Continue reading Annotations of a life wish (from the poem by Nadine Stair)

Sins for dog lovers

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, February 17, 2013 MCW: [crossing herself on hard bench of confessional] Bless me father for I have … sinned. It’s been— Priest on duty: [interrupting] Not that long since you were here, my child [sighs]. What now? MCW: [blushing] Gee. Is that how you address sinners these days, with “What now?”…… Continue reading Sins for dog lovers

Slouchy Sunday style blog

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, February 4, 2013 After walking around a lot the last few days, I had a lazy morning and wore just black yoga pants and a white T-shirt, kind of slouchy. Finally, I did get dressed for eggs Benedict downstairs and put on black fitted jeans from Aéropostale …. that I rolled…… Continue reading Slouchy Sunday style blog