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September 25, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther IIIthecolumnrule.comahgunther@yahoo.com

September 18, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      In a September-near-fall when colored leaves drop in nostalgic scent, some of us can forget the crazy world of war, death, climate, challenged democracy. Some don’t have the luxury since they are caught up in what is not working, what is frightening.    […]

September 11, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com There is rhythm to our lives, and when it is seriously interrupted, the beat changes forever. And so it was with September 11, 2001. When  9/11 hit in terroristic horror 21 years ago, I was in the West Nyack newsroom of the former Rockland Journal-News, […]

September 4, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com On this Labor Day of late sleeping, barbecues, beach trips and general laziness for many but the same-old, same-old for those who are not “honored” but must toil, a memory trip back 123 years ago recalls a man, Hugh Bonner, who created an example of […]

August 28, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      There are in this life moments when you need a cupcake. Down day, low energy or maybe you just want to celebrate breathing. Back in the day, my father, who did the grocery shopping in a two-worker family, usually bought a weekly supply […]

  August 21, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      For many decades, from the very first automobiles, when horse-drawn wagons and carriages were still about, there was a right-turn path at a stoplight intersection in a little hamlet not far from me. It seemed to offend no one; I can recall […]

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com     With recent early-morning temperatures hitting numbers not seen in months and with – hopefully – no more awful heat waves in sight, our house furnaces and boilers will soon be ready to kick in. For me, the change involves more than a turn of the thermostat […]

August 7, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com The rule of thumb is that the dog days of August are to be endured, that autumn will bring relief along with the wondrous color of falling leaves. But all this is hooey if August is also June and July, September too. At least in […]

July 31, 2022 By Arthur H.Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      The Irish lady from North County Dublin looked less than chipper, unusual for this get-it-done woman with a sharp sense of right and wrong and a non-nonsense approach to living. She was in the later years, not “old” yet by her definition but past […]

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      If you are fortunate before you grow up, you’ll get to spend a few years with a patient, somewhat quiet, a bit odd grandfather like I did, who had a knack for fixing almost anything with a pocketknife or a squirt of oil from the old-style […]