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…… Continue reading Bulletproof lists
Category: 2010
Apple a day, metaphors at bay
Telluride Daily Planet, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 My current obsession? I want to be better in bed. Here it is, flu season, and — clearly — I’m just as rotten at being sick as I ever was. My very own custom-made version of the winter crud, which begins — mysteriously enough — with a whistle…… Continue reading Apple a day, metaphors at bay
Please, Google, do bedbugs fly?
Telluride Daily Planet, Tuesday, November 16, 2010 WASHINGTON — The D.C. Department of Health has had to move the location of its “Bed Bug Summit” to accommodate demand. It’s crispy-cold in the city, and I’m experiencing familiar New York things that never seem to change: honking horns, the warm whoosh of air from subway stairwells,…… Continue reading Please, Google, do bedbugs fly?
Wombos that bite
Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, October 22, 2010 I’ve just encountered the word “hormotional” for the first time and don’t know whether to laugh it off, throw my hands up, or throw the laptop and its Urban Dictionary across the room at the whole English language. Because in addition to loathing “wombos” (word combo = wombination…… Continue reading Wombos that bite
Lost (and found) in translation
Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, October 3, 2010 “I’ll take the 8th Battalion for a week and you keep the house and Michelle for one day and we’ll see who is begging whom first.” —Jeannine Curry My mother used to like to tell a story about an incident at the public library in Carmel circa 1960.…… Continue reading Lost (and found) in translation
I scream, you scream, we all scream for primal scream
Telluride Daily Planet, Tuesday, September 14, 2010 A recent fling with bicycle riding has left me feeling euphoric and impervious to injury of late, which is a dangerous state in the world of exercise, anyone here can tell you that. After hard rides (for a 50-something), I come home coasting on endorphins, and the thought…… Continue reading I scream, you scream, we all scream for primal scream
Michelle Curry Wright 