Category: Seasons and Holidays

  • Cindy-Lou Who?

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, December 23, 2012 Michelle Curry Wright: Are you kidding, I’m thrilled you called me! But, I mean, wow. Cindy Lou Who.  Just. So. Surprised. Cindy Lou Who: I’ve never given an interview — not in years and years; and back then it was, you know, the local Whoville press wondering how…

  • Christmas tattoo

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, December 9, 2012 Dear Santa, It’s three in the morning, if that tells you anything. I’ve tried every one of my sleep remedies except the self-hypnosis CD, which… well, too bad you can’t just slap it in and let someone lull you down, but you have to learn the routine and…

  • You-who

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, January 1, 2012 Here in Whoville, the year is about to roll like a log on its way to the sawmill. Christmas trees are being lobbed into piles outside. Ornaments are going back into recycled egg cartons. And town-wide, Whos of every age and temperament draft New Year’s resolutions on the…

  • Bulletproof lists

    Telluride Daily Planet, Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Dear Santa (or write-in candidate), It’s possible you remember me from last year — although I’m not sure how much energy you reserve for adults (thick and unimaginative as we are). I said you were my favorite superhero, but then threw in fading plastic icon, Freud look-alike and…

  • The Free Republic of Balconia

    Telluride Daily Planet, Monday, March 29, 2010 Martine, another of the French cousins, was bragging non-stop about her nine weeks of paid vacation just prior to being fired from her administrative job in Paris. Before that little karmic dart popped her bubble, all I could think about was if she didn’t shut up about it, someone…

  • Holiday Shenanigans

    Telluride Daily Planet, Monday, December 7, 2009 Dear Santa, I’m worried, favorite superhero of mine. Because yesterday when I flashed on your face — which I do quite often during the holidays — my mind’s eye went directly to your mustache, and sure, it was white all right, but in place of those infamous soft…