MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT

Category: 2014

  • EXPLETIVE, yeah!

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, January 17, 2016 We’re at a dance party. The DJ is talented, the people have come — even on a school night — and the birthday girl is happy. At 65 years old, she has a certain amount of defiance stored up, especially when you factor in a family escape from East Germany…

  • Between rooms 3 and 4

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, December 7, 2014 Dear Mr. Security Guard at MOMA, I really don’t know how you do it, standing in a doorway between two rooms as the hordes mill by, firing off their three questions — Can I take a picture, Where are the restrooms, and Which way to the Matisse cutouts. Sometimes…

  • America

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, November 23, 2014 A little boy about five years old peers back from row 30 and looks at me. He’s cute. Big brown eyes, curly black hair, communicating with his expression since he doesn’t have English at his disposal. I smile at him, and he shyly holds my gaze. No trace of…

  • Stuff

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, November 9, 2014 It’s 1963 and we’ve started acquiring stuff, antiques mostly, because my father is newly infatuated and obsessed. A Pennsylvania boy by birth, he has unexpectedly made a French girl into a war bride and adopted a new country, replete with mind-blowing food, rich history and beautiful objects (which have…

  • Gratitude meditation

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, October 26, 2014 “In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness. Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships.” Harvard Health Publications, Harvard Medical School. “Furthermore, feelings of gratitude directly activated brain regions associated with…

  • Size matters

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, October 12, 2014 In Brazil, a country known for its fine leather footwear, the national shoe is actually the rubber flip-flop. Chinelos. Never having been a huge flip-flop fan, I do nevertheless arrive unintentionally prepared with a pair of rubber flip-flops, in navy and white striped soles. I buy my first new…