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Hello, friends. What a week! Two PD days getting ready for the 2026-2027 school year (the topic of this week’s essay) and an unplanned hourlong drive to a hospital satellite because G’s surgical incision became infected. She’s on antibiotics and such so I’m hoping it’ll clear up before she starts school this week. More writing…

Hello, friends. Look at this. We’ve arrived at the last full week of August. Not the last newsletter of August, that comes next week, but the last full week. I’m writing this at a local library. It’s become tradition for G to read her summer reading book at the library and since this year’s book…

Hello, friends. I’m at the end of my last full week of summer vacation. This week I have to go in two days for planning. Well…I don’t have to, I actually signed up to for extra pay. Money was the motivator. Also, there not being many people around. Also, planning time is good. Then the…

Hello, friends. The humidity of summer in New England has returned this week. Blech. Give me autumn for a prolonged time and I’ll be happier. This week was a strange one because our sleep schedules were somewhat off due to G’s post-surgery recovery. She’s doing very well, though, and sleep is getting back on schedule.…

Hello, friends. August. By the end of this month, back to the Day Job. The depression already lurks. Ah, well, I’ll always have my stories. That sounds like something my grandmother would’ve said, but she’d be referring to General Hospital, All My Children, and Santa Barbara and not tales of her own devising. Anyway, I’m…

Hello, friends. The last week of July is upon us. *Dabs at eyes* This week is going to be a little busy as G has a minor surgery at the end of the week so there’ll be prepping and such beforehand. And there’s always plenty of creative work to do. So, let’s get into it.…

Hello, friends. We’re in mid-July. Summer vacation feels like it’s moving too quickly. I won’t focus on that, though, I’ll focus, instead, on the here and now. Yes, Master Yoda says to be mindful of the future, but Master Qui-Gon Jinn reminds not do to so at the expense of the present. If I haven’t…

Hello, friends. This past week was pretty good. Pamela and I had breakfast with a close friend, G went to a robotics camp and found something she loved, and I got some writing stuff done. I needed a week like this. We all did. Welcome to the 181st installment of Gauthic Times, the newsletter about…

Hello, friends. Here we are in the heat of summer, pretending everything is okay though we all should know it’s not. At least we’re together, you and I. This week was dreamlike, it felt. I felt (and feel) strange and out of it. Recovery from the 2005-2026 school year, perhaps? I think so. I’ve had…

Hello, friends. Summer vacation has finally arrived. About seven weeks of—checks notes—writing and recovering. I’ll be writing more about some thoughts about this summer’s break in today’s essay. Right now, though, I have more important business to handle. Today, Pamela and I celebrate 17 years married. We got together in 2007 and married in 2009.…