September 13, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com All professions have shop talk, but that rhythm is more likely to play in tune not in the daily grind but after the job, most often in retirement. Such was the… Continue reading

November 5, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com NYC — A parent has the right to “kvell,” even if you are not of the Jewish faith. I am not, but having been raised in a community of so many… Continue reading

  October 28, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com After weeks of little rain, this part of the greater patch — slightly upstate New York — is at this writing getting very wet, the bath due to a storm… Continue reading

As one of the many volunteers in the Rockland Interfaith Breakfast Program and as a strong supporter of the overnight/outreach program Helping Hands-Safe Haven, I was asked to write the following. By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com It is 1940, and… Continue reading

October 16, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com A very long time ago, I bought a nozzle for a garden hose so that I could water new shrubs at a new house. There was then just one child, who… Continue reading

October 9, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com NYACK, N.Y. — It was easy, at this fund-raiser aiming to protect and restore a 200-year-old village house, to imagine social gatherings in the 1930s-‘50s at which Helen Hayes and Charles… Continue reading

https://thecolumnrule.com/blog/2017/10/01/the-fall-season/ October1-2, 2017 By Arthur Henry Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Once, so very long ago, almost in another age but I know it still must relate to the accumulation of living, just part of me, you see, gave someone a small… Continue reading

“Talking Skyscrapers”   September 25, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com NEW YORK, N.Y. — The area where I live is just north of this famous, at times infamous, metropolis, enough distance in my youth to have enjoyed a… Continue reading

September 18, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com NYACK, N.Y. — This Hudson River village has a park with a usual name, Memorial, just like the one I played in as a kid in another community, though this also… Continue reading

  Der Einfluss,’ acrylic on wood panel. September 4, 2017 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com In German, “Einfluss” means “influence,” and so that is how a recent painting gained its name. I was intrigued by a photograph taken by… Continue reading