It’s the first day of 2022. I think I’ve said “Happy new year” five times over the past few days. Six max. I haven’t wished a happy new year to anyone. Saying and wishing are two different things, after all. One can say something without meaning it, but to wish it, well, that takes a …
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Un-expecting
If you’d asked me last Thursday morning what the last thing was that I thought would happen after our dog Ziti was spayed, I probably would have said something like, “Well, I certainly won’t be sitting on the couch with Ziti curled up tight next to me in a ball, lactating and displaying all the …
Something in the air
The atmosphere weighed on me when I got out of bed this morning. I tried to clear my head again and again, but no amount of coffee, fresh air, or work could get rid of that feeling. Like something bad was going to happen, or maybe I had a bad memory picking at the already-tattered …
A New Direction
It’s time to try something new here. After a rather long time successfully posting to my blog on a daily basis (around two and a half years), I fell out of the habit hard in early July. The stuff I share here at ethandezotelle.com is, if nothing else, a form of life support for the …
50 Years
Yesterday at school, we were talking with our students about the importance of things not being easy all the time. The teacher I work with pointed out that if second grade was always easy, with no mistakes made and no struggles to be had, there wouldn’t be a point to being in second grade. I …
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