One of the reasons I love this town is that we are a little blue island in a vast sea … 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.
Robert L. Knight: Time to reclaim the Ocklawaha’s lost springs
Editor’s note: Since the Sun, um, phased out opinion content, we (by which I mean me) here at Free GNV … More
Big changes coming to University Avenue
The following is a press release from the City of Gainesville announcing an $8 million federal grant to help turn … More
To all my friends, followers and ships at sea
That’s right. All three of you. When I began this blog, several years ago, I concocted the most preposterous blog … More
Pork and pickles and cheeses and fungi and coconuts and water buffalo and baubles oh my!
Time flies when you are building a neighborhood institution. Three years ago Monica Albert organized a farmer’s market in her … More
Stopping by The River on a cold, sunny day
Two days sitting in meetings in Tallahassee and then a long drive home. Started to get drowsy around Mayo (these … More
Listen, I know I left it around here somewhere
I lived in Tallahassee for three or four years in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Just dropped in for … More
What we don’t know about GNV’s traffic violence problem
If you think GNV has a violence problem you are right. If you think it’s mainly a gun violence problem, … More
Back to the future at Boulware Springs
You know you’re getting old when you remember distant events that felt like they happened just yesterday. Like that time … More
A short spin around an Ancient City
It’s time for our annual winter endurance camping adventure. When a group of over the hill retirees shiver in the … More
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