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

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