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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…
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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…
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Kitties Swimming
Telluride Daily Planet, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Every year, after I make the same self-absorbed resolution to keep a journal (25 years and counting), I go off to buy a great little book that begs for the scratches and loops of elegant, urgent writing. Let’s see, will it be the chunky spiral-bound 99-center or the Hemingway-approved…
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Care Was Taken Here
Telluride Daily Planet, Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Cousine Christine, second wife of Bernard (psychiatrist and first cousin), hoists her luggage onto the mattress. “Your sheets are cotton, right?” She looks at me. “Because, I’m allergic to anything that has polyester in it.” “They’re cotton,” I say. “Of course, they’re cotton.” Actually, there’s a slim chance I’ve…
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A Ten-Bird Guide to Time 2010 Wall Calendar
Telluride Daily Planet, Wednesday, December 30, 2009 The winter solstice has teetered, a new year is on its way, and that means palettes of shrink-wrapped calendars will soon be handed out like Bingo cards to all of us, the day-trippers of time. There must be other people out there like me, yearning for something completely different:…
MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT 