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,…… Continue reading Echo Park, Los Angeles, April 2010
Category: 2010
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…… Continue reading The Free Republic of Balconia
Moonburn
Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, March 14, 2010 A full moon rises, about to clear the dark ridge of mountains and spill its watery light into the valley. I am tightening the laces of my skate boots, preparing for my first ever moonlight ski. In the cast iron kettle of life, this might be a stray…… Continue reading Moonburn
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…… Continue reading The Green Fairy
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…… Continue reading Kitties Swimming
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…… Continue reading Care Was Taken Here
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