October 22, 2018 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrulecom (also on Facebook)      Some seasons ago, quite a few really, the no. 6 red naugahyde-covered twirling stool at Tiny’s Spring Valley, N.Y., diner offered a fine view of the… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Some 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 fellow… Continue reading

THEY ‘SUNG’ FOR US April 13, 2009      There is no workplace rhythm – this necessary, life-sustaining tempo, this melody, this song – without the interplay of people. Bosses, the ordinary grunts, specialists, the guys and gals who do… Continue reading

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