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  • COULD NOT GET THEM DOWN

    By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com New York City — With the April Boston Marathon bombings still pulling at the heartstrings of runners everywhere, some 45,000 of them rallied Sunday in indomitable spirit in the resumed New York City event,… Continue reading

  • LITTLE FALL COLOR, BUT HUES ANYWAY

    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

  • RECOGNIZABLE

    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

  • SOMETIMES, NO CIVILITY

    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

  • WORDS AND SILENCE

      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

  • VERSE, FOR A CHANGE

      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

  • THE APPLE DROPS

    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

  • SOWING THE FIELDS/2013

      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

  • ‘WELCOME FRESHMAN’ AND THEN?

      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

  • WHEN ‘PROGRESS’ COSTS TOO MUCH

    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