By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Whether it be global warming, the Tea Party, the Democrats, cranky Mother Nature or nothing at all, fall color seems to be coming later every year. We were in old industrial-town North Adams, Mass.,… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Spring Valley, N.Y. —  The time: 2:55 a.m. Place: parking lot of the United Church. Reason: Tuesday start for the Rockland (County) Interfaith Breakfast Program. What’s unusual: a special whiff of fallen leaves returning… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com   Civility is what it is these days, which generally means watered-down manners, some to the point of not being recognizable social behavior. It’s as if no one taught some clowns how to act… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com   Always in an age, a theme. In 2013 it is the words and non-words from Rome and Washington. What the new Pope Francis is saying is not being said in D.C. The… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com   Though I am a newspaper writer — editorials and essays mostly — I do verse from time to time. So, this week, with not much else to ponder about, I’ll offer three… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com About this time of year comes the memory of the apple smell, sweet fragrance that for me opened the door a bit to Heaven when I was a child at my grandmother’s house. She… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com   ANYWHERE, USA — It’s back-to-school, and while many cliches can be uttered about that, the fact is this is like spring planting. The renewed hope is there that the new field of… Continue reading

  August 26, 2013 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com I do not know where you live in this world or where your mind is in it, but I will tell you about the future of this planet. It could… Continue reading

August 19, 2013 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com The price of “progress” is not always worth the results. Once, in my region of the world — “upstate, country” but just 20 miles from New York City — tasty, fresh,… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Not all car dealers are so lucky, but one in  Blauvelt, N.Y., offers test drives over a mountain named Clausland, with winding, country-like roads  busy enough since this is built-up suburbia. And despite the… Continue reading