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S is for Small

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, May 30, 2010 However much I’m not a fan, I’m standing at the counter at Starbuck’s, the one embedded in a supermarket, surrounded by groceries you won’t want once the caffeine has shriveled your appetite to something the size of a nut. I’m in the mood for a dark, bitter, and…… Continue reading S is for Small

Black Holes of Dough

Telluride Daily Planet, April 30, 2010 One day, circa 1973, I come home from high school to find my mother sitting at her place at the kitchen counter not doing any of her normal 4:30 things: not planning what part of our house to clean next, not smoking, not doing a crossword puzzle from The…… Continue reading Black Holes of Dough

Echo Park, Los Angeles, April 2010

Telluride Daily Planet, Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Reality is the light and fluffy topic of the day here in LA with my friend Dave, 10 years free and clear of Telluride, an Angeleno by birth returned successfully to his proper place in the universe. And according to Dave, at the end of the red-sunned day,…… Continue reading Echo Park, Los Angeles, April 2010

The Free Republic of Balconia

Telluride Daily Planet, Monday, March 29, 2010 Martine, another of the French cousins, was bragging non-stop about her nine weeks of paid vacation just prior to being fired from her administrative job in Paris. Before that little karmic dart popped her bubble, all I could think about was if she didn’t shut up about it, someone…… Continue reading The Free Republic of Balconia

Moonburn

Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, March 14, 2010 A full moon rises, about to clear the dark ridge of mountains and spill its watery light into the valley. I am tightening the laces of my skate boots, preparing for my first ever moonlight ski. In the cast iron kettle of life, this might be a stray…… Continue reading Moonburn

The Green Fairy

Telluride Daily Planet, Wednesday, February 17, 2010 We all know that it was distilled liquor made from wormwood (artemesia absinthium) and containing the compound thujone that reputedly made addicts of the avant-garde set living debauched but highly productive lives in Paris in the 20s. The brainy, brawny, beautiful ones who went mad even as they continued…… Continue reading The Green Fairy