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…… Continue reading Keep calm and keep moving
Category: Just do it
This isn’t about sugar
Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, October 24, 2025 “I love to eat — Kit Kats or cookies-and-cream ice cream. I need sugar like five times a day.” — Kim Kardashian In college, about a million years ago, I distinctly remember a moment of flopping myself down on our senior house couch and peeling open a full-sized…… Continue reading This isn’t about sugar
Star bathing 101
Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, September 12, 2025 “This is the first, wildest and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists and that it is built entirely out of attentiveness.” — Mary Oliver As a teenager growing up in Seattle, I was pretty unhappy, frankly, given the Catholic girls’ school, the rules in my father’s…… Continue reading Star bathing 101
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…… Continue reading The best medicine
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…… Continue reading Skin check
Michelle Curry Wright 