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Deer-ly beloved: more backyard interviews
Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, August 14, 2011 MCW: [sneaking up, broom raised] Ha! I knew it! You again. Backyard Deer freezes mid-chew, staring straight ahead. MCW: Look at this devastation! All my hanging strawberry tendrils, and all the pansies. Gone. Backyard Deer’s right nostril inadvertently flares. MCW: Puh-lease. Spare me the frozen act, and the…
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Sink or Swim
Telluride Daily Planet, Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Amid recent personal upheaval and loss, I have spent days and weeks sifting through papers, photos, memorabilia, searching for things I cannot find, among them a set of Xeroxes of photos of my family boarding a ship. The original photos, sent to a glossy magazine in the mid-‘90s…
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How to know thyself
Telluride Daily Planet, Monday, January 3, 2011 I’m loitering at wikiHow, which is what I do when I’m frustrated or seeking answers to pressing questions. Right now I’m doubly frustrated because there is nothing here at WH telling me how to deal with my particular circumstance, which is that my knee is injured. There’s the…
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Bulletproof lists
Telluride Daily Planet, Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Dear Santa (or write-in candidate), It’s possible you remember me from last year — although I’m not sure how much energy you reserve for adults (thick and unimaginative as we are). I said you were my favorite superhero, but then threw in fading plastic icon, Freud look-alike and…
MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT 