MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT

Category: Deep Stuff, Sort Of

  • Skin check

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, April 25, 2025 “The finest clothing made is a person’s own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.” – Mark Twain If those ads about crepey skin have started meaning something to you (or if you simply live here at altitude, no matter what your age), it could…

  • Cognitive overload

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, April 11, 2025 “I use journaling as a tool for organization, stress reduction and clearing my head.” — Tim Ferriss I have been thinking hard about certain aspects of mental health. Mine, yours, all of ours. How do we floss our brains the same way we floss our teeth — to…

  • Crazy for sleep

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, September 12, 2024 I can tell you exactly when I got the best sleep of my life, aside from childhood and adolescence: my mid 20s in NYC, in a “wrong movie” period, when I just wanted out after four years of city life. Where I actually landed — before moving away…

  • Open sesame (and hemp)

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, August 30, 2024 If you were around in the 60s, 70s or 80s, you probably remember seeds as garnishes, at best. Flax, hemp, and pumpkin were virtually unknown in our house. Chia seeds? Part of a novelty item called a Chia Pet, a terra cotta shape advertised on TV that could…

  • Lab results

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, August 16, 2024 “Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”  This one gets a little personal.  About a year ago, I was asked to take a specific genetic test on account of a sibling having tested positive and gone through a challenging year…

  • Dragons and heroes

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, April 26, 2024 “In a ruined and toxic future…” — Apple TV promo for a new series “We’re our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.” — Tom Robbins In my 20s, I worked in the rights department (sales of excerpts, quotes, cover art,…