By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      This is National Library Week, an annually booked observance that is seemingly unnecessary for readers since every week, even every day, celebrates the great adventure of not only running eyes over… Continue reading

March 27, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      The Irish carry words in their pockets as others do coins. Even the spare change can become a short story or novel.      This essay is written… Continue reading

March 20, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com       The passing of a friend leaves a space in life’s puzzle that you just keep staring at. Where is that piece – was it misplaced? The blurring… Continue reading

March 14, 2022 Arthur H. Gunther IIIthecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      It may seem hilarious and even back-woodsy, but there was a moment, a long one, when at 2 a.m. in a diner, say Hogan’s in West Nyack, N.Y., you instinctively pulled up… Continue reading

March 7, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      The Ukrainians of my small village in New York shed tears in 1941 when the Nazis occupied their native land during their death march to the Soviet Union.… Continue reading

February 28, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com I think 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… Continue reading

February 22, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      At the end of instruction, some of our elementary school teachers used to read from classic books and stories, perhaps to decompress us after the hectic day, maybe… Continue reading

February 14, 2022 thecolumnrule.com By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Valentine’s Day is many things to many people and absolutely nothing to just as many. It is recognition of emotion, “love,” which in itself offers varied definition and application, and… Continue reading

February 7, 2022 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com      The search for truth needs a full vocabulary.      I’m am not certain the 8th grader I often noticed at the very small but powerfully packed village… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com ahgunther@yahoo.com Blauvelt to West Nyack, N.Y. — Along the Western Highway, simply named centuries ago because so few roads existed that there was no need to use developers’ favored children’s monikers, a three-mile walk… Continue reading