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 …
Tag: Vermont
Take It Personally
All politics is personal. I’ve written about this idea before, and it’s been stuck in my head all morning since I read a news story posted by WCAX. More on that in a bit. I first came upon the phrase via Ralph Wright, who served for a decade as Speaker of the House in Vermont’s …
The Comfort Rock Chronicles, Vol. 1
In October 2018, I began writing an ongoing series of short stories called The Comfort Rock Chronicles. Based in the fictitious northern Vermont town of Comfort Rock, this series tells the story of Lauren Comstock, a girl who lives on a dairy farm in town. Last Christmas, I compiled the first ten pieces into one …
Some Wonderful People Need Your Help
If you only read one thing I write on my blog, please make it this one. I’m pulling the curtain way back today, and I’m asking each of you to help out some folks in a time of great need. For the past six months or so, I’ve been working at Franklin Homestead & Carriage …
Six Months Later …
It’s been half a year since the last “normal” day. The morning message on the board in the classroom I worked in as a behavior interventionist earlier this year. This was six months ago today and ended up being the last day of in-person school for the 2019/2020 school year. Got up. Went to work …