With apologies to the Box Tops. The city lights, the pretty lights They can warm the coldest nights All the … 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.
It was like picking money up off the ground
During my 30 years as editorial page editor of the Gainesville Sun I had a habit of calling myself a … More
Of war, peacemaking…and music
The war that changed their young lives forever has been over for half a century. But, improbably, their anti-war activism … More
Accomplice to the crime
Correction: An earlier version of this blog stated that the section of South Main Street where a cyclist was killed … More
What I saw on my Thanksgiving ramble around GNV
On a cool, gray Thanksgiving morning I mounted my bicycle in order to take stock of GNV as we approach … More
An explosion of color, creativity and enterprise
In a Gainesville Sun column earlier this year – back when The Sun was still publishing columns, letters to the … More
It’s been a lovely cruise
With apologies to Jimmy Buffet. The final day of our five-day Forgotten Coast Tour began in Crawfordville and ended nearly … More
Carrabelle and Sopchoppy bound
Day four of our Forgotten Coast Tour. The sun was out but a nasty wind was blowing across Apalachicola Bay. … More
Reflections on the ‘new’ Apalachicola
Apalachicola has always been a place where men go down to the sea..or at least down to the great bay … More
A windy, cloudy day in paradise
So it’s day three of our Forgotten Coast Tour. The day we do a 43-mile out and back from Apalachicola … More
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