June 5, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      NYACK, N.Y. — Edward Hopper, famed painter of realism whose “Nighthawks” and other works articulate American solitude as mood, thought and destiny,  is ever-present in this village of his… Continue reading

May 30, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com       No Memorial Day, USA or elsewhere, is without heartfelt words and tribute, parades, wreaths, re-mourning. What is always missing, though, are the voices of the fallen. Would… Continue reading

May 22, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      We live in an age of power tools, big-box home improvement centers and a throwaway culture, so when a leaning fence gate needs fixing, the modus operandi may… Continue reading

May 15, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com Once upon a time – this seems a fairy tale of sorts – a 14-year-old youngster with a huge quarter in his pocket – more money than he touched in… Continue reading

May 8, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      In the Spring Valley, N.Y., breakfast program, those volunteers retired come from every former vocation – professional, blue-collar, high-finance, the trades, at home, etc. And we bring our… Continue reading

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May 1, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      Years ago, decades actually, this once young man watched as an older fellow carefully straightened bent nails taken from discarded wood. “Why,” I asked?     The man… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther IIIthecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      Many of the older homes I walked into as a youngster had one- or two-bulb ceiling fixtures in the middle of the room, operated by a long pull chain that hit any tall… Continue reading

April,17, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      In this especially crazy world right now – “fakakta,” as the Yiddish word well describes, with media focused on the horrors of the war in Ukraine, the killing of… Continue reading

April 10, 2022 By Arthur H.Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com     Take a “country” boy who earns a law degree and throw him into an emerging suburb with the first wisps of urban-like crime, and you have someone who calls… Continue reading