By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com     With recent early-morning temperatures hitting numbers not seen in months and with – hopefully – no more awful heat waves in sight, our house furnaces and boilers will soon be ready… Continue reading

August 7, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com The rule of thumb is that the dog days of August are to be endured, that autumn will bring relief along with the wondrous color of falling leaves. But all… Continue reading

July 31, 2022 By Arthur H.Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      The Irish lady from North County Dublin looked less than chipper, unusual for this get-it-done woman with a sharp sense of right and wrong and a non-nonsense approach to… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      If you are fortunate before you grow up, you’ll get to spend a few years with a patient, somewhat quiet, a bit odd grandfather like I did, who had a knack… Continue reading

July 17, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com Doors have a way of fitting in, just like long-gone Uncle Jack in town for a comfy visit. He gets that way fast. Or people who initially stand out and… Continue reading

July 10, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      ANY VILLAGE, USA — Times change, people do, communities certainly. “You can’t go home again,” literally, as Thomas Wolfe put it. Yet, the pull of one’s childhood place… Continue reading

July 4, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com       We eat picnic food, watch fireworks and chill out on July 4th in the national birthday celebration recognizing Independence Day, our 1776 Declaration of Independence from Great… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      Not all essay writing comes in full paragraphs – sometimes the thought begins in shorthand. Perhaps a form of poetry, or if not to the expected quality level of such, a… Continue reading

June 19, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      You don’t have to dig into eons past to see history.      A road beautification project in Pearl River, N.Y., a hamlet in the Gotham suburbs but… Continue reading

June 12, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      When in the course of human events these United States, still in experimentation, requires a reset, it is necessary to have a big do – a block party,… Continue reading