MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT

Category: How To

  • Dog drill sergeant

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, February 7, 2020   Where I left off regarding the new puppy was deep in reverie on all the positive feedback we humans never got enough of, and how, if only it had been there every step of the way like it should be for a dog, we might have a…

  • Mr. Clean, explain thyself

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, April 4, 2019   It’s spring, and the smell of chemicals is in the air. From a visceral place located deep within baby boomers’ brains (the olfactory bulb of the limbic system), Mr. Clean’s face pops to mind, his smiling eyes, bald head, hoop earrings, crossed arms and fiercely positive demeanor. It’s…

  • Packing hacks

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, August 7, 2016 The only perfect bag I ever pack is the carry-on for a France trip, carefully engineered (by me, at my brief zenith) to contain not only clothes but gifts for the entire French family. This is the same bag that gets mixed up in Denver and ends up in…

  • How to build a house (part 1)

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, July 10, 2016 At eight years of age, my best friend is a little girl named Minnie who lives not too far from our house on the shores of Lake Washington, in Seattle, a friend with whom I spend the majority of my days, outside, making stuff up. We make up a…

  • Dzubble dzutch

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, February 21, 2016 Dear 11-year-old self, I’m writing you a letter about jumping rope — double Dutch, to be exact. It’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about the last 10 years, for whatever reason. Yes, 10 years. They go by fast. I have not been cogitating on jump rope, but rather I’ve…

  • 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…