October 1, 2018  By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      Friendship recalled can be like the whiff of old wood that reminds you of your grandfather’s garage, or you come across a country farm stand and… Continue reading

View Toward Gotham from the old Tappan Zee (Gunther) By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com      The mighty Hudson River in New York, not a western route to Asia through the Northwest Passage as Hendrick Hudson hoped it would… Continue reading

“IN THE FALL,” painting by AHG By Arthur H. Gunther IIII thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook) Autumn arrives as a state of mind, prompted by the foliage change to wonderful hues, or by memories of fall’s past that tug at your… Continue reading

September 10, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      If I were a woman and it was Nov. 6, 2018, I would vote as if it were as important as childbirth, a fulfilling career, a… Continue reading

September 3, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      “Ghost lights” are the incandescents traditionally left on in darkened theaters, perhaps for safety though the superstition is more romantic, that the lit bulbs are for… Continue reading

August 27, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      Whether a teacher would have made the schwachkopf write “I will think before I tweet” 100 times on the blackboard; whether a mother might have put… Continue reading

August 20, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also appears on Facebook)      A small room in Brooklyn, an old, cheap-to-rent apartment not far from the docks where a seaman could find work but today so expensive a… Continue reading

August 13, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      Fluorescent lights never fit cafes where a small corner table has a lady sitting without fidget, staring a bit into space, her hands holding tight a hot cup of… Continue reading

August 6, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@hotmail.com Impoliteness and incivility are what they are these days, which generally means watered-down manners, some to the point of not being recognizable social behavior. It’s as if no one taught some… Continue reading

July 30, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      A “human” story, of which there have been too little in this age of orchestrated hate, prejudice, judgment and punishment. …      I have not shed a tear… Continue reading