Category: 2012

  • Cindy-Lou Who?

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, December 23, 2012 Michelle Curry Wright: Are you kidding, I’m thrilled you called me! But, I mean, wow. Cindy Lou Who.  Just. So. Surprised. Cindy Lou Who: I’ve never given an interview — not in years and years; and back then it was, you know, the local Whoville press wondering how…

  • Christmas tattoo

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, December 9, 2012 Dear Santa, It’s three in the morning, if that tells you anything. I’ve tried every one of my sleep remedies except the self-hypnosis CD, which… well, too bad you can’t just slap it in and let someone lull you down, but you have to learn the routine and…

  • Fifty Shades of Pink – Censored!

    SPOOF NOT PUBLISHED, Sunday, December 2, 2012 “When you split the hard fruit open, a mass of red seeds in a spongy white membrane is revealed. Only the seeds, with their sweet-tart flavor and juice squirting texture, are edible.” Product description, Garden of Eden Isabella leans up from the sink, face flushed, pink juice dripping…

  • Thanksgiving

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, November 18, 2012 Just recently, I see a saying I like from a post on Facebook or Instragram or Pinterest, I forget which one because I try to forget because I’d prefer to have picked it up old school, like from a fortune cookie or out of a book I’m flipping…

  • Batmandu

    Telluride Daily Planet Sunday, November 4, 2012 I believe I am the one who initially sees potential sparks between the Pocahontas and Batman figurines. My daughter Celine, 6 at the time, giggles at the idea. Batman is so flex-jointed, inaccessible and dark. Pocahontas is so … half-naked. Even so, she stares at the two plastic…

  • Field trip with elevator

    Telluride Daily Planet,  Sunday, October 21, 2012 Circa 1972, my father decides that the three of us (my mom and I — the rest in college) are going on a field trip to visit a wheat farming family in eastern Washington. He has read of an exchange program and wants to go since he has…