By Arthur H. Gunther III Back when, and “when” is whenever you or I hold a memory about a place or someone or thing, there was a country road in Pomona named McNamara, and though the signs still proclaim it,… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com It was at the corner of Marion Street and First Avenue in an American town that the echoes of the past not only filled the ears with a delightful, peaceful sound but the fragrance of… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Today’s social media, like Facebook, showcases much me-ism and egotism, but it can also be telling about someone’s character. And that character, in turn, is telling about the individual’s beliefs. It brings respect, even conversion.… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com When one of my sons bought his 1929 home, a smallish but well-crafted, ideally situated place, he and his wife noticed the paucity of closets, not uncommon in houses before the 1930s. Wardrobes, often… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com When you are a newspaper photographer, you are like a stage or film director – you set up shots, scenes that capture, it is hoped, the essence, the nut, the who, what, when, where,… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III I am not a teacher, but I know a good argument about education. And the children are losing it. I live in New York where, as in many other states, the focus is on testing… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com PIERMONT, N.Y. — This Hudson River village just north of New York City is where the Normandy Day landings were staged, literally. It was from the pier here that U.S. Army soldiers and their… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com NYACK, N.Y. — This village a bit north of New York City and west of the Hudson River has long been recognized as part of the famous “Underground Railroad,” the network of secret trails,… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com On a fine spring day — and we have had just a few of those in the Northeast this year since our old-fashioned, cold, snowy winter forced us into a long season of… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com It used to be that the smog from coal furnaces and smokestack industry defined cities, along with dark alleys and film noir scenes, but with the urban renaissance, things are now much more in vibrant… Continue reading