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  • RHYTHM

    July 20, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      There seems a steady rhythm these days living amongst the restrictions of the time of virus, whether it be the gift of simplicity in just not doing much at… Continue reading

  • The Seanchaí

    This is the first installment of a fictional piece that I hope offers real-life metaphors for all. The story may be continued. … The Seanchaí (shan-a-key) By Arthur H. Gunther      It was a bit of an amble on… Continue reading

  • ALONG MCNAMARA

    July 5, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      Back when, and “when” is whenever you or I hold a memory about a place or someone or thing, there was a country road in Pomona, N.Y.,  named McNamara,… Continue reading

  • ‘THE NARROW LAND’

    June 29, 2020 “THE NARROW LAND,” a novel about artist Edward Hopper but really about us all By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      In this moment — perhaps age — of revisiting our past, heralded national leaders, authors,… Continue reading

  • HERE’S TO DAD

    Fathers Day 2020  By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com     As my Dad lie dying in hospital and I on my way to visit his presence for the last time he could speak, not yet in the induced coma… Continue reading

  • STARING OUT A WINDOW

    One room, two very different windows, each of individual color and particular perspective. But they co-exist./gunther painting       ‘TWO WINDOWS’/gunther By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      This virus stay-at-home has brought back childhood memories of being… Continue reading

  • BACK ON THE BEAT

    June 8, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      I will tell you a story or two of neighborhood police back in my older days in Spring Valley, N.Y., a then countrified community north of Gotham. This was… Continue reading

  • JULY 4, 1966

    By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      Decades ago, Rockland County, N.Y., faced an interracial situation that I covered as a Journal-News photographer. I offer my account and image of that July 4, 1966, event in Suffern to report… Continue reading

  • ‘RURAL WINDOW, AN AMERICAN FLAG’

    /acrylic-wood/gunther Memorial Day weekend 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Noting Memorial Day and the many thousands of Americans and non-citizens who have sacrificed their lives in war; bowing in humility to the dying and dead — the champions… Continue reading

  • ‘LEADERSHIP’ AND A VACUUM

    May 18, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      One of the enforced benefits of this time of the virus — sitting at home — can be good for you even though you might want to be out… Continue reading