Veni, vidi, vici. Being a classical sort of guy I thought I’d kick off this photo-essay about the view from … More
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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.
Finally! Proof of my humanity
Well, it finally happened. Somebody attested that I am human after all. And it’s not like I haven’t been telling … More
We were young once, and fearless
Those guys up top? They were the founders of the Shining Rock Orienteering Society getting ready to push off for … More
The river of many returns
The first time I camped on the Mills River, in the Pisgah National Forest, was maybe a quarter century ago. … More
A walk in the autumn woods
Funny but sadly true story. We surviving members (dregs?) of the Shining Rock Orienteering Society have once again converged upon … More
Waylon and me and David made three
Raise a toast to absent companions. Today I’m toasting Waylon Clifton and David Flagg. Waylon was GNV police chief from … More
Alone in the dark
Everything I know I learned from the movies: R. Cunningham Knowledge is good: Animal House I’m going to tell you … More
Here’s what’s on stage in GNV in October
I wrote this for today’s edition of The Sun. A deranged barber obsessed with revenge in Victorian London. A young … More
Stranger (finally arrived) in a strange land
Maybe it’s just me. Or maybe it’s anybody who, like me, grew up feasting on the likes of Heinlein, Burroughs, … More
Sometimes it’s what you don’t see
With thanks to Carl Sandburg. Yellowstone National Park is full of unforgettable sights. Towering cliffs and plunging waterfalls. Geysers exploding … More
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