Note: This is a very rough draft. Apologies in advance for any grammatical errors. I didn’t expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for a while. I work in elderly housing. We provide housing, meals, and cleaning to one of the populations most vulnerable to the virus. But because we aren’t licensed to provide any sort …
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The Last Time We Were All Together
We left home around 5:30 a.m., a year ago today. Our campus tour was scheduled for late morning, and it would take a little over four hours to get there. J and T were here at home in Franklin, VT. T was spending his high school winter break with me, my wife, and J, as …
Top 10 Care Packages of 2020
Care Packages, which get posted each morning at ethandezotelle.com, have become the linchpin of my blog. They’re a nice way to start the day, putting together bits of culture to share with readers, and this year the positive response to them has gone through the roof. I look forward to continuing them in 2021. Here’s …
Top 10 Posts of 2020, Plus 1
It’s been quite a year for ethandezotelle.com. After taking over two years to get to 400 subscribers, I’m now at almost 550 after an additional five weeks. Post views skyrocketed, nearly quintupling over 2019. And the number of posts overall surpassed 1,000. Given the rapid growth, I thought it’d be fun to look back at …
On Giving and Receiving
The following piece originally appeared on the Living the Legacy blog at fhich.org. I figured I'd share it here as well in the spirit of the season. The saying goes that it’s better to give than receive. You hear it a lot during the holiday season, and it often gets relegated to cliché status. It’s …