Author: currywright

Inhabit the now

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, March 15, 2024 “It takes a long time to become young,” Pablo Picasso said. Every March, because it’s my birth month, I think of this whole notion, for me and everyone else on planet Earth, of entering the world, taking a breath, and being a human.  Partly, this is because March…… Continue reading Inhabit the now

B-R-R-Ring it

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, February 29, 2024 “Cold water is merciless, but righteous.” – Wim Hof What is it exactly about cold exposure that speaks to humans? The cold shower, the plunge, winter swimming, lying in the snow, face in the snow, or even hands, feet or face in ice water? While some can think…… Continue reading B-R-R-Ring it

Perfect foods

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, February 1, 2024 Once my father, a retired Lt. Colonel in the Army and a mechanical engineer, was let go in the big layoff at Boeing in the 70s, he decided to stay home, much to my mother’s dismay. It was just three of us by then, instead of six, and…… Continue reading Perfect foods

Starting now: Idle a while

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, January 18, 2024 “The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” Sydney J. Harris The summer after college graduation, I moved to New York from the family home in the Northwest to start a new life. I decided to go via Canadian Pacific Railway, coach class, which…… Continue reading Starting now: Idle a while