Long story short. I was born in Lancaster, Pa. We moved to Florida when I was 7. Just made a … 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.
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
War, rust and fish ladders
On day two of our multi-week, multi-state, multi- country tour we searched out a place for lunch that didn’t have … More
Strangers in a strange land
We have embarked on a multi-week, multi-state, multi-country sojourn to who knows where? Today was a fairly grueling interstate trek … More
A final bow, a Trojan rabbit
A melancholy Dane taking a final bow. The knights who said “Ni!” though none really know why. Two Gainesville plays … More
Nothing is new under the…moon
Of late I have been rereading some of the books of my youth…viewing faintly remembered material through a much older, … More
That’s a wrap at the ART
Shamrock McShane has portrayed abolitionist John Brown, Julius Caesar, Prospero and many other characters over decades within the cramped confines … More
Scenes from GNV street life
I love this city. It’s an easy city to get around in. As I cycle about GNV I find myself … More
We’re putting free downtown parking in the wrong place
Idea 4: Address and simplify parking. Wandering San Francisco’s Mission District, I grabbed a bite in a space where a … More
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