Another year has passed, and it’s time for the third annual round of Thanksreading, my yearly round-up of literary gratitude. It’s been a strange year for reading. I’ve found it hard to focus and feel settled comfortably between the covers of many books. Given the global circumstances, it’s not surprising, and I’ve talked to other …
Tag: writing
A TOUCH OF SILVER: Weather or Not
It’s been six months since I’ve written A Touch of Silver. There’s no decent excuse, really. Writing these pieces is good for me. Back in the spring, they kept me grounded and present, appreciative of the little things that show up even at the darkest of moments. But like other things that are good for …
I Love You One Thousand
The post you just started reading is my one thousandth on ethandezotelle.com. That’s 1,000 posts in just a little over two years. I’m hard pressed to think of anything I’ve ever done a thousand times in two years. Reading a thousand comic books in two years? Sure. And then some. Drinking a thousand cups of …
Map of a Shrinking World
See this map? I'm going to explain what it means to me as someone who has a parent with a compromised immune system and works with vulnerable populations. Not to mention as someone who just generally cares about people. It means I can't see either of my sons for a while. Not if I want to keep …
Sally’s Gone …
It’s taken me a few weeks to get my head together enough to write this, and part of me wants to put it off a while longer. It needs to be done, though, if for no other reason than to stop some of these thoughts from rattling around in my noggin. Two years ago today, …