November 2, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      It should be un-American to hate, to be a bigot, to let fear and want from loss of job and community change to bully others from… Continue reading

Hugh Bonner’s funeral, St. Patrick’s Day, 1908, NYC October 26, 2020   By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      I am partly of Bonner heritage, Irish through my grandmother Mary and also Scot as the family was Bonnar there… Continue reading

October 19, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      In another century, it seems, there were conversations about everything yet nothing of great import. Those two were not going to solve the world’s problems nor were they going… Continue reading

October 12, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      There is a road on the South Mountain, a winding, hilly journey that has long defined the lives of farmers and artists. It is the plan of the gods… Continue reading

  October 5, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Curiosity, we are warned, killed the cat, but the naysayers never tell you about the nine lives. Curiosity was a welcome trait for Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein, who thought out… Continue reading

September 28, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com The “American Dream” has always been “just white,” and until the nation admits that, some of those who have arrived will keep people of color and immigrants from success. And some… Continue reading

Acrylic on canvas/gunther   September 21, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      There is at least a single incomplete umbrella in anyone’s life, no pole leading to canopy, a metaphor for incompleteness, perhaps something unfinished or just… Continue reading

September 14, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      Some seasons ago, quite a few really, the no. 6 red naugahyde-covered twirling diner stool at Tiny’s Spring Valley, N.Y., place offered a fine view of the glass donut… Continue reading

September 7, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      On a very hot and humid day, in the New York State that now is in summer more like Georgia, don’t avoid puddles. They instantly cool your soles and… Continue reading

August 31, 2020 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      Rituals in our lives change, but that does not mean they are easy to get used to. They are even tougher to accept. Here I was in another town,… Continue reading