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  • 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

  • THE TEST DRIVE

    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

  • NO NEWSPAPER BUT PLENTY OF CASH

    By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com BETHESDA, M.D. — Rituals in our lives change, but that does not mean they are easy to get used to, even to accept. Here I was in beautiful Bethesda, a neat D.C. suburb with… Continue reading

  • Lessons at grandma’s

    July 22, 2013 Lessons at grandma’s By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com For a child staying overnight at grandma’s, the sounds of a kitchen are never forgotten. It is always an adventure to sleep away from home for a four… Continue reading

  • Celebration in Nyack

    Celebration in Nyack By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com NYACK, N.Y. — You would expect July Fourth fireworks — and the gathering in public area that comes with that — to be boisterous, noisy, of course, celebratory. It was all… Continue reading