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Open sesame (and hemp)
Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, August 30, 2024 If you were around in the 60s, 70s or 80s, you probably remember seeds as garnishes, at best. Flax, hemp, and pumpkin were virtually unknown in our house. Chia seeds? Part of a novelty item called a Chia Pet, a terra cotta shape advertised on TV that could…
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Lab results
Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, August 16, 2024 “Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” This one gets a little personal. About a year ago, I was asked to take a specific genetic test on account of a sibling having tested positive and gone through a challenging year…
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Smoothalicious
Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, July 5, 2024 Growing up, we had the three standard universal kitchen appliances of the time: the toaster, the blender and the stand mixer – well, not counting the “roaster,” essentially a piece of furniture you could wheel around and roast a large turkey in. I loved that thing. Throughout my…
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Cotton candy, chutes and ladders
Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, June 21, 2024 “Because of this inner busyness, which is going on almost all the time, we are liable either to miss a lot of the texture of our life experience or to discount its value and meaning.” John Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living The bottom line? It’s kind of a mess.…
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Eating dirt
Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, June 7, 2024 There was a story circulating in our family that my paternal grandmother, who died of complications of diabetes, used to eat dirt as some sort of health remedy. After my father died years later, my 60-something mother told me and my husband after dinner that she herself had…
MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT 