On Friday I posted a “guest column” from Meg Niederhofer, who for many years was GNV’s City Arborist. That’s not … 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.
Oh the things you’ll see on a jungle wilderness rail-trail
Lately I’ve been spending quite a bit of time bouncing back and forth between GNV and Melbourne to visit my … More
What I saw on my GNV bike ride on a cold, blustery Super Bowl Sunday afternoon
It rained Friday night. It rained all day Saturday and into the night. Sunday dawned gray and cold and windy … More
The DeSanitizer strikes again
Hey, remember when Florida had an independent judiciary? Those were the days, right? Turns out the anti-Ron isn’t content with … More
A cheat sheet for Ben’s ‘transition tutorials’
Listen, I am nothing if not helpful, especially to new kids on the block. On assuming the helm at UF, … More
GNV’s memories of the fallen are terrible things to lose
By declaring a traffic violence crisis Gainesville and Alachua County got our attention. Now what? Well, among other things, Mayor … More
A hot sauce, two Gator engineering grads and the final frontier
I wrote this piece for The Sun. This is why living in GNV is so cool. A funny thing happened … More
GNV’s birthplace is getting a face lift
This is a piece I wrote for the Gainesville Sun. From a news item that appeared in the Gainesville Daily … More
Stopping by Depot Park pond on a frosty Florida winter’s evening
Ok, I’m no Robert Frost. I neither have promises to keep nor miles to go before I sleep. Personally, my … More
Pink Floyd meets the Great Sanitizer
So I gotta admit. When The Donald christened our fair-haired governor Ron DeSanctimonious I was jealous. Shoulda thought of that … More
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