If Disney made a move about Gainesville’s little robo-bus it would be a comedy of errors in the spirit of … More
Category: Environment/urbanism
Blogs about the physical world around us..
The bald truth about the (un)bald eagle
Here’s the review I wrote for The Sun of Jack E. Davis’ new about about the American Bald Eagle. Let’s … More
How we helped save the bald eagles
Here’s my story about Jack Davis and his new book: “The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird,” recently … More
In search of Sweetwater
Back when GNV was a railroad town Sweetwater Branch, which ran through the middle of downtown, was something to brag … More
A walk along the Sweetwater
Sweetwater Branch Creek is Gainesville’s most disrespected waterway. Running through the heart of GNV, the creek has, over the years, … More
Let’s make 8th Avenue a complete street
A spray of dead flowers propped on a concrete pole was a sad reminder that something terrible had happened at … More
Built to last
The old post office just vacated began serving Gainesville in 1911. It has been, and is, a very imposing building. … More
The post-Pandora Solution
As a gift, Zeus gave her a box, which she was told never to open. However, as soon as he … More
Let’s get GNV mobile in 2022
It was just a lark, really. I’d thought about it a lot, But probably never would have done it. Seemed, … More
Fifty shades of bamboo
“The first year it sleeps, the second year it creeps, the third year it leaps.” One of the joys of … More
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