MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT

Category: Breathing

  • Days that sizzled

    Telluride Times, August 20, 2026 “The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.”– Sue Monk Kidd, author My daughter reminded me the other day that in the olden and golden days of her youth (90s and 2000s), after doing the Montrose shopping run in the summer,…

  • 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…