Category: Memoir

• Gauthic Times #58 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or The February Vacation Post

  Hello, friends! Another great week being Mr. Gauthier. Stress, heartache, anger, and fear have become the norm since 2020 but especially right now. That said, there have been some pluses.…

  

• I’m No Candle, or There’s No Honor in Martyrdom

  I believe Harlan Ellison said something like the starving artist is a myth perpetuated by those who don’t wish to pay the artist. I believe he said something to the…

• The Early 2022 Post, or Man, I Really Need to Step Things Up

  Happy New Year! We made it through 2021 and that’s probably as positive as I can be about that experience! I mean, I guess it wasn’t worse than 2019 or…

• My Best Big Brother Moments (Just Not for My Younger Sister), Part I

  I’ll often say I lived my childhood like an only child, and it’s pretty close to being true. My younger sister, Tracy, was born three-and-a-half after I was, and while…

• Aftermath & Updates

  Today is Dad’s birthday. He’s 78. I talked to him tonight and made him laugh a few times. It’s a gift, this ability to say the thing to make him…

• Mom

  Yesterday afternoon, Friday, February 22nd, 2019, Patricia Ann Gauthier, Pat to her friends and loved ones, Mom to me and my sister, and Mémé to my two daughters, died. She…

• In 2019, I Promise to Something or Other, or I’m Here, See?

  As has been the case for the last few years, I’ve meant to write here sooner. When I think I might, though, I think of Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancin’ in the…

• Harlan Ellison

  “René Descartes walks into a bar. The bartender says, ‘Would you like a drink?’ Descartes says, ‘I think not,’ and disappears. A moment later he reappears and says, ‘On second…

• Tippity-Tapping While the World is on Fire, or I’m Here & I Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

  Do you want the general update first? Yes? All right. I received my Master’s Degree in May. I am officially a master. I get a seat on the council without…

• Wait? You Mean…It’s 2017?!

  How have I not posted anything since July?! Well, there were a few abandoned posts that I just didn’t like the sound of before posting them, and the many ideas for posts…