The Column Rule | Arthur H. Gunther III /essays since 1981

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  • OF TREES, OF HOUSES, OF PEOPLE

    ‘TALL HOUSES’/gunther April 29, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      In dense forests, trees grow tall in competition for light. Yet each stands straight and proud, keeping the species together. Though the single tree… Continue reading

  • WORLD OF HUES

      WORLD OF HUES/gunther By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)   There’s this thing about color — it’s supposed to be this or that, according to scene. You know, bright blue sky, white sun, green mountains, straw… Continue reading

  • ROOM OF HER OWN

      April 15, 2019 (in advance) ‘HER ROOM’/gunther By Arthur H. Gunther III (also on Facebook)      There can never be full existence for any of us if we do not have our space. It is even truer if… Continue reading

  • BEYOND THE OBVIOUS

    ‘VERSO,’ gunther April 8, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      Perhaps this column should have been written for April Fool’s Day because the accompanying painting seems a joke. But it is not.     … Continue reading

  • HOOKED ON ‘THE HOOK’

    GUNTHER/photo   April 1, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      There is a literal “hook” to the Hudson River shore just 25 miles north of New York City. It is Hook Mountain, its high… Continue reading

  • ON THE PORCH

    GRAND VIEW ON HUDSON/gunther March 25, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      Porches are the soul’s resting spot. They are also the teaching sit-a-spell for one generation to the next. Whether it’s a traditional… Continue reading

  • A DAY FOR TEA

      ‘IRISH TEA’/gunther March 17, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      (For St. Patrick’s Day)       There cannot be the Irish without tea. When the person holds a cup, it is the soul… Continue reading

  • SWEET SMELL OF LIVING

    ‘CUPBOARD’/gunther March 11, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      A very long time ago, a young fellow staying overnight at his grandma’s house would get up before his brother so he could put one… Continue reading

  • NOT YET, ANYWAY

    March 4, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      On the South Mountain, in Pomona, N.Y., named for the goddess of fruit, there came in 1711 Nicholas Concklin, a descendant of an English family arriving… Continue reading

  • THE COLOR EVERYTHING

    ‘FLAG,’ acrylic on canvas/Gunther By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      The flag of the United States of America is a sacred cloth consisting of a field of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with… Continue reading