Category: Memoir

• The Growth of Bill Gauthier, or Happy Anniversary, My Darlings

  This Saturday marks my 5th wedding anniversary to Pamela, and I have to say that I’m a little surprised. Surprised that five years have passed, surprised that she’s been by my…

• A Final Visit, or Seeing Your Roots Shrink

  On April 20th, my mother sent me and my sister, Tracy, the following message on Facebook: Got some bad news a little while ago. Uncle Pete found out last week…

• Who Am I?, or Harlan Ellison is 80 Tomorrow & I’m Just Coming to Age at 36

  Something happened recently that made me question myself. I won’t go into specifics but it made me really question myself. I came out stronger, I think. And a better person, I…

• It’s a Beautiful Day In This Neighborhood, or Why Mr. Rogers Matters

  This will be my second time writing about Fred Rogers, the first was back in September 2011 when I was still attempting to write my ill-fated MediaBio blog. The reason I’m returning…

• Leggo My Egon, or Goodbye, Mr. Ramis, A Childhood Hero

  I’m saddened, as are many, by the news of Harold Ramis’s death. If you’re in my generation, his contribution to Ghostbusters is the thing you automatically think of. I don’t know…

• The Middle Ages, or How John Green Messed My Head Up

  So last week I sat down to watch John Green‘s Vlogbrothers video called, “A Middle Aged Man.” The title should have tipped me off right from the start. But it…

• Hoping to Write Words, or The Virus: A Week In Review

  I’m writing this on the iPad, so if there are major typos or just seemingly illiterate stuff that pops up, that’s probably why. I dare not try going into the…

• Kids Do the Scariest Things, or How the 1-Year-Old Scared Her Parents

  Back in July, I posted my feelings about trying to get the baby to take a nap on her own and listening to her cry. Having her Cry It Out…

• A Very Gauthic Christmas, or My Favorite Christmas Songs

  Since I haven’t posted in awhile, and since it’s the holiday time of year, I decided to post something festive. Maybe it’s that I had both the teenager and the…

• Harlan Ellison: 79 & Still Important

  From 2004 through 2010 I wrote a column called American Gauthic for the magazine Dark Discoveries, which seemed to have some regular readers. A few, anyway. In 2006, I wrote…