February 14, 2015 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com If we could count the number of valentines not sent on this day in seasons past, they might amount to many unanswered letters. For that is what a valentine is, a… Continue reading

February 8, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Any good farmer knows that if you don’t plant the best seed in cultivated soil and nurture growth against nature and other adversity, the pickings will prove slim. Simple truth, but… Continue reading

February 1, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com The scene was a stage set of sorts, and as with all theater, the place, the people, even the time were of less relative importance than the happening. And it was… Continue reading

January 25, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com The news clip said that New York City and its suburbs were “paralyzed” by the snowstorm, which dumped two inches per hour and which totaled more than in the famous Blizzard of… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Literally, if you think about it, re-tying one’s shoes can pause your life just enough to alter things. It’s the same argument that if you had left the house one minute later, you might… Continue reading

January 11, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Reaching for the 1800s front door knob at the Edward Hopper House the other day, the Nyack home of the famed American realist painter, it occurred that perhaps more than a… Continue reading

Early snow in Spring Valley as food program awaits guests.   January 4, 2016 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com While you cannot go home again, the gods, and nature, can make you think you are in a dream of… Continue reading

December 28, 2015 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com I am increasingly asked why I stay in my hometown, actually the county where I have lived my life, and my father before me, and my grandfather a bit and now… Continue reading

    This is my son’s annual holiday story, which he has written in this space for many seasons. By Arthur H. Gunther IV clausland@yahoo.com There was too much science.  Too much math.  There was too much thinking in absolutes and… Continue reading

December 14, 2015 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com There is comparison to be made to the fellow or gal standing in the corner of the dining room surfing a smartphone and a man/woman the same age sitting in a… Continue reading