MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT

Category: Deep Stuff, Sort Of

  • Digital freeze out

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, August 1, 2025 “We live in a digital world, but we’re fairly analog creatures.” –Omar Ahmad On a morning walk recently, and tuning into a health podcast I found at the last minute, what often happens with information happened again: The subject I’m interested in finds me, all algorithms aside. Though…

  • The best medicine

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, July 18, 2025 “Laughter is inner jogging.” – Norman Cousins You’re just not going to find too many people who will argue that laughter is not good for you. Maybe not a single person, or even a single grumpy person. I was thinking of my father — retired military man and…

  • 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…