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Sugar, Sugar
Telluride Daily Planet, Thursday, August 5, 2010 My mother used to tell people — quite emphatically — that she lost her appetite during the war. She said it as if she were an amputee, or someone eviscerated of the mojo that made her desire deliciousness and nourishment. And every time she said it, I was mad…
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Summer Breeze
Telluride Daily Planet, Monday, June 14, 2010 Three a.m. again, but the deep heart of night — for once — is sweet. Not because a night sweat isn’t the cause of throwing the covers off; it is. Not because there aren’t obsessions circulating between my ears in the black recesses of night-mind; there are. Not…
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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…
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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,…
MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT 