Turns out two gators have been standing sentry over the Gainesville hotel that never was. Who knew? “I’ve been driving…
In which I cross paths with a cocky Great Blue
Like I told you before, friends and neighbors, I’m in the habit of stopping by Lake Alice on my early…
The boas lurking in my closet
I am not making this up. When I retired from The Sun, many moons ago, I stuck all of my…
Saving GNV’s Sleepy Bear
Downtown’s new/old Gainesville Lodge is having its grand…um…reopening this coming Thursday, April 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. They are…
What happens in Budapest doesn’t stay in Budapest
This week we are all Hungarians. Against all odds Hungary’s long-suffering masses rose up in a fit of righteous democracy…
In that city by the bay
I left my son in San Francisco. Well, actually, my son moved to San Francisco some years ago. Which is…
If it’s Tuesday it must be Destroy A Civilization Day
Is his any way to fight a made-up war? An election is NOT a mutual suicide pact. Or we wouldn’t…
Drill Baby Donnie and the promise of Post-Petro America
Listen, anybody who knows me understands that I’m not one of Spiro’s Nattering Nabobs of Negativism. Not for me the…
His ‘magnificent obsession’ with miniature works of GNV art
I wrote this piece for publication in The Sun. Dr. Barrow is a GNV treasure. Images frozen in time An…
My so-called life as a tent camper
The first time Jill and I camped at Anastasia State Park we were newlyweds. We had a two-person dome tent…
