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Gauthic Times: The Bill Gauthier Newsletter #121, or Chased From the Park

Hello, friends. Happy Mother’s Day to those who celebrate! Teacher’s Appreciation was this week and I’d be remiss if I didn’t give appreciation to the teachers I had who left an indelible mark on me and on the colleagues who are making a difference every day. In this time we’re in, though, teachers don’t feel […]

Gauthic Times: The Bill Gauthier Newsletter #120, or Exhaustion Seeps

Hello, friends. May the 4th began as an internet meme from Star Wars fans. Now it’s a Thing, embraced by The Powers That Be for reasons of selling Star Wars toys and things. And I’m there for it. Sorry, you probably thought I was going to go into an anti-capitalist tirade that exploits nostalgia and […]

Gauthic Times: The Bill Gauthier Newsletter #119, or The Pathway to Adventure

Hello, friends. Remember back in February how good I felt at the end of vacation? I worked hours and hours on the revising of a novel and got to feel like a full-time writer. I’d hoped for something similar this past week. It didn’t happen. Some of it was things that needed doing around the […]

Gauthic Times: The Bill Gauthier Newsletter #118, or Symbols of Hope

Hello, friends. You ever have the feeling that everything’s unraveling and there’s no way to stop it, but when you try to find evidence of the unraveling, you can’t find any? I mean, globally (or nationally), yeah, it’s coming apart. I’m talking on a more personal level. There’s a feeling that’s something’s coming undone but […]

Gauthic Times: The Bill Gauthier Newsletter #117, or Singin’ in the Pain

Hello, friends. If you’re a faithful subscriber to Gauthic Times, you may have noticed this is late. If you’re like me and only have a tenuous grasp on time, then you may not have noticed that this newsletter is a day late, in which case this whole opening is a waste of time. But here […]

Gauthic Times: The Bill Gauthier Newsletter #116, or A Break in the Armor

Hello, friends. This week the day job was a shitshow. Well, two days were bad. Dealing with people can be tough and it took everything I had to get through. Funny enough, on the two days where the shit really had its say, I also got some good news. One wasn’t really news so much […]

Gauthic Times: The Bill Gauthier Newsletter #115, or The Courage to Create

Hello, friends. I took my father to another appointment this week, which meant an afternoon of work on the book and lots of sleeping. It’s kind of crazy how tired I get lately. It’s likely the depression as well as the other things going on as an overweight middle-age guy. The week itself seemed pretty […]

Gauthic Times: The Bill Gauthier Newsletter #114, or The Difficulty of Help

Hello, friends. This week, I went to the doctor (last week I brought my father) and she thinks my high blood pressure, which we’ve been trying to manage since last year, may be anxiety more than anything else. So instead of upping the blood pressure medications, we’re upping my antidepressants. While we still can, anyway. […]

Gauthic Times #113 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or A Letter to Mom

Hello, friends. This week I brought my father to the doctor’s and then had other things to do. There was a staff meeting after school on Wednesday and grades are due for report cards so I’ve been staying late at work to catch up on grades. I still managed to work on Project: Amusement Park. […]

Gauthic Times #112 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or You Have to Love It

Hello, friends. How are you doing right now? Everything is kinda bonkers, right? Just do what you can to get through. Have hope and be the light in the darkness when you can. Some days you won’t feel that way, and that’s okay. Recharge your batteries. But try to be the light when you can. […]