This past couple of years I’ve been spending a lot of time driving between Gainesville and Melbourne to visit my … More
Author: FreeGNV
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.
Reflections on a university city
Every time I’m on University Avenue I am reminded of how much I hate that tall ugly building. It doesn’t … More
Somewhere is a lake
We first came to this intimate little lake tucked into the hill and farm country just south of Perth, Ontario, … More
Water, iron and rust
It’s only about a half hour’s drive from the cabin we are staying in on Otty Lake, Ontario, to Smith … More
The sun also sets
It has been raining all day here on Otty Lake, Ontario. A dull, gray, constant downpour that dampens the soul … More
Encounter at The Narrows
It was but a 12-mile cycle from the cabin we had rented on Otty Lake, just south of Perth, Ontario, … More
Music, message and kitsch
You can’t just pass through the Catskills without spending at least some time in Woodstock. It’s the law I think. … More
What I saw in Lancaster
Long story short. I was born in Lancaster, Pa. We moved to Florida when I was 7. Just made a … More
Don’t squeeze the arts out of downtown
Idea 1: Build investments around local strengths. Say, why do we go downtown anyway? Well, it had a Hooters for … More
You can’t go home again
I was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1948. And the last place I remember living in that city before the … More
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