MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT

Category: Breathing

  • The air we breathe

    Telluride Times, August 6, 2026 For the majority of my life, I have lived in clear, clean air in two basic flavors, low humidity and high. That being said, during a couple of four-year stints when I was young, I breathed very badly polluted air on a regular basis.  In Southern California in the late…

  • Keep calm and keep moving

    Telluride Times, Thursday, January 8, 2026 At some point in his life, my father — or Lt. Colonel Dad, as I am calling him now — decided it was “unladylike” to do sports. So, right about the time it mattered most to my body, my brain, and my hormones — and under added pressure to…

  • Sneaky snack attacks

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, January 17, 2025 “My favorite snack would have to be Fritos, no doubt about it. Fritos and mayonnaise. I know. Really healthy, isn’t it?” — Sylvester Stallone Sometimes, when I see a bag of Fritos, I find myself just reaching for it. Listen, I rationalize, they’re old school (1961, but actually…

  • Stresslaxing (Yes, it’s a thing)

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, September 27, 2024 “For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.” — Lily Tomlin Growing up, I don’t remember much relaxing around our house. Honestly, there was my mom smoking and listening to Mozart, which was the closest thing she had to a daily mindfulness meditation. And I can recall exactly one image…

  • Eating stems

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, March 29, 2024 A while ago, while scrolling through the social media accounts that I’ve convinced myself make a difference in my life, I came across a young chef (Max La Manna, who seriously looks like he isn’t old enough to drive) cutting up cilantro stems instead of using just the…

  • Inhabit the now

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, March 15, 2024 “It takes a long time to become young,” Pablo Picasso said. Every March, because it’s my birth month, I think of this whole notion, for me and everyone else on planet Earth, of entering the world, taking a breath, and being a human.  Partly, this is because March…