By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com NYACK, N.Y. — Helen Hayes, once and for a long time the “First Lady of the American Theatre,” soon will no longer have her distinguished name on Broadway. The Helen Hayes Theatre on West… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Small diners in my part of the world in lower New York State a few decades back were known for tasty, homemade food served by owners and their staff who seemed like family, especially for… Continue reading

  Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com        Some of us go home again by passing the house we lived in as a child. Others visit the old neighborhood. For Elaine Freed Lindenblatt, it’s a restaurant, or at least… Continue reading

For some years, my son Arthur IV, a writer too, offered a holiday story published in place of my former newspaper column. That tradition now continues on the web.  – Arthur H. Gunther III   By ARTHUR H. GUNTHER IV… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Just months after World War II ended in August 1945, the Nuremberg trials began with impressive agreement among four of the Allied nations that those who commit atrocities in war are to be held… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III In war, the human story trumps the “sturm und drang,” the storm and stress played out by the good guys vs. the bad guys. If not for the human element, each side might just as… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Regrets in older life, especially when there is time on the hands that goes to the head and prompts a critical look-back at how things could have gone better, certainly can include holidays. Such as… Continue reading

By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Thanksgiving — the traditional American one — and any gathering in any nation among any people at any time that seeks to express individual and community gratefulness for their bounty, however small, is affirmation… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com No essays this week, just pictures and the “poetry” that seems to go with each one.   SONG Woods, solitude, wind whispering as nature writes a melody in a long, wonderful breath APPLES… Continue reading

  By Arthur H. Gunther III ahgunther@yahoo.com Look at the photograph above these words, and what do you see? Is it dawn or dusk? The answer might mean you are an optimist or a pessimist. Or perhaps you like endings… Continue reading