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Ron Cunningham is a sometime journalist who used to string words together at the Gainesville Sun before I retired to free lance and blog. If I still had a business card it would read: Ron Cunningham: Trained Observer Of The Human Condition. Because like The Donald, you know, ego.

The night he painted our sky

Another splendid Sparks In The Park to kiss off 2023 in GNV. But as a midnight rainbow fell from the … More

Wait! I missed the flying pigs!

Kudos to Glenn Terry, who came all the way from South Florida to give GNV a dose of, um, culture. … More

Come on and take a sweet ride

In my 75th year I set a goal to cycle 3,000 miles. And as it turned out, 2023 offered me … More

He found a new life on an island that exists ‘in the narrow crease between the Heavens and the Earth.’

This is a piece I wrote for The Gainesville Sun. Hope you like it. A funny thing happened to Michael … More

Look at 2023 through my eyes, GNV

Oh, last year-in-review introspective. These are just some of the images I’ve shot (and assembled) over the course of 2023. … More

That was the year that….What the hell..!

What to say about 2023? An armpit of a year? Better than 2024 is likely to be? It could have … More

Just another day in autoAmerican GNV

Funny thing happened to me while I was cycling west on SW 8th Avenue on my way to a movie. … More

Christmas cheer and pleas for peace

On our second day in Ottawa a white, soft snow blanketed the city. I left the National Gallery and began … More

Reading between the signs

Listen, as a Trained Observer Of The Human Condition I pay close attention to the signs that are all around … More

City lights, Ottawa edition

Ottawa is my favorite Canada city. Right now it’s all dressed up for the holidays. And seeing it by night … More

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