Sense memory can be an incredible gift. You’re firmly entrenched in the present or, more likely, dwelling on something that hasn’t even happened yet, and BAM! A certain something hooks into you, and you’re dragged back to a very specific time and place. You see, taste, smell, hear, or touch something, and a recalled memory …
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Gift Card Giveaway!
Many thanks to Phoenix Books for supportingthe ethandezotelle.com virtual scavenger hunt. I'm giving away three $25 gift cards to Phoenix Books (including one generously donated by Phoenix Books), one of my favorite independent bookstores here in Vermont. Below are 12 questions, and their answers can be found in my blog posts. Think of it as …
Who Wants Free Books?
It’s time to celebrate! Well, if I’m being honest, it was time to celebrate two months ago, but better late than never, right? I’d planned to do a contest of some sort when ethandezotelle.com got its 400th subscriber. That happened near the end of the November, and that was a real wild time in my …
An Open Letter to President Trump
Dear President Trump, As I write this, you have a little less than two days left in office. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I feel a great sense of relief, knowing that your time in the White House is drawing to a close. Sadly, the damage you and yours have inflicted on …
Blast From the Past: An Open Letter to President-Elect Trump
I believe in second chances. Even third and fourth chances – more even– if they’re earned from a place of sincerity, honest effort, and facing the appropriate consequences. If not for opportunities for redemption, I wouldn’t be where I am today. And I don’t doubt that at some point in the future, I’ll screw up …
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