By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com The first rule of old newspapering, when there were composing rooms where pages of metal type were assembled for the press, was to make a friend of a printer. Otherwise, he could do you… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com On an expectedly festive St. Patrick’s weekend that began in low spirits with three favorite draft beers out of stock at a village pub in my outer New York area, a mortal sin, my… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com With Daylight Savings Time officially installed, the one hour we lost from sleep over the weekend has been quickly forgotten in my parts of the Northeast, 20 miles or so from New York City.… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Westwood, N.J. — Rising taxes, a dwindling middle class, O-Care debate, world events and life itself are so full of uncertainties and dilemma that we all need a day off. I got mine recently… Continue reading

My Nyack view (preferable to Tappan Zee Bridge)                                                                AHGunther photo By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com   Nyack, N.Y. — There’s a new bridge a-building across the Hudson River just 20 miles from New York City, though the original is… Continue reading

New carriage, old Central Park  (AHGunther photo). By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com MANHATTAN — On a snowy Saturday that did not seem to bother hardened Gothamites and assorted visitors, a trip to the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library… Continue reading

At Tallman Mt. State Park (AH Gunther photo)   By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Snow — pristine, fresh, covering all the warts of ordinary land — is a childhood delight that we don’t give away to growing older, though… Continue reading

COLOR IN THE HILLS, a view off Bear Mountain (Arthur H. Gunther photo) February 3, 2014      Bear Mountain, N.Y. — You would have to be close — about 48 or so miles from New York City — to hear,… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com A recent New York Times edition unintentionally offered proof of the growing American economic contrast in this topsy-turvy world of post-recession stall. On its Opinion Page January 6 was a third-position editorial, “Republican Disdain… Continue reading

By Arthur H. GuntherIII ahgunther@hotmail.com My Colorado pal writes on a subject that many of us recall — clothes drying not in a metal machine but on a line. Elaine Muise Calabro, once of Rockland County, N.Y., says she “preferred… Continue reading