December 28, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther thecolumnrule.com There seems an old, old tradition, probably sent by the gods so that you are never alone on a walk in the woods, even if you want to be. It is the… Continue reading

Christmas, 2025 (by Art Gunther IV) For some years, my son Arthur IV, a writer too, offered a holiday story published in this space. Reprinted here is his Dec. 24, 2007, piece.  Franklin was a man of routine. Perhaps such… Continue reading

December 21, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Holiday time, no matter the decade, offers habits and traditions put away for the year in bins, attics, basements, closets. They are again made special by pulling them out, re-enacting on… Continue reading

December 14, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com It is snowing here in Rockland County, N.Y., not far from Gotham but with an ever-country look when it’s dressed in fresh white, an unfinished canvas as more flakes fall. The… Continue reading

December 7, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com For decades at the former Rockland Journal-News, a daily newspaper in the country, then suburbia north of New York City, each December 7 would bring interviews with local survivors of “a… Continue reading

November 30, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com I’ve never done so, but those who do hug trees have my respect. Native Americans believe they are caretakers of nature’s offerings, passing that on to the next generation. Right, though… Continue reading

November 23, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com In the rhythm of the older city, there was the morning and then lunch march of the people to the pre-cursors of Starbucks and fast-food emporiums: Nedicks, Chock full o’Nuts, Bickford’s,… Continue reading

November 16, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Probably, every one of us has a “dream” place in mind, somewhere we’d rather be, or just a touch of the country if we live urban/suburban or vice-versa. That’s why landscapes… Continue reading

November 9, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III the columnrule.com Every town has a Broadway, even if it isn’t named that, a running stream of consciousness for all who walk it. Call it Broadway, or High Street in Scotland, or… Continue reading

November 2, 2025 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Supposedly time is relative, though isn’t everything? This morning almost nothing was relative. Confusion was on the breakfast menu. As an early riser, Sunday has me up at 4:30-5:30, then a… Continue reading