Sidney Homan was a renown Shakespearian scholar at the University of Florida. He was also, for some years, the creative…
Final deep thoughts before the train wreck we’ll call the 2022 midterms
Being an optimist by nature, I like to look on the bright side. Listen, if Gov. Anti-Ron were still a…
GNV marches to a different drummer
First, a little history lesson. Hey GNV! Did you know that Gainesville was the only city in Florida to vote…
About Wild Spaces….and all that
If you haven’t voted yet, here are some things to consider in regard to the “Wild Spaces Public Places…” ballot…
Inside Fortress Emerson
Safe at last! Safe at last! First the good news: Albert and Alberta were marked safe from antifa. This thanks…
Profiles in city courage
I must rise to the defense of our much-maligned Gainesville City Commission majority. Oh, I see all those eyebrows arching.…
What would President Brodie do?
I wonder what President Paul Broadie thinks? About the despicable, no-fingerprints, filthy-money driven campaign to deceive African-Americans. Into voting for…
How Bald Rock became a painted lady.
Many years ago, in my backpacking days, we occasionally stopped at an obscure place on a winding mountain road between…
In which we go to the falls in the fall before the fall
Tis the last day of the Shining Rock Orienteering Society’s North Carolina fall sojourn. The SROS being being an affiliation…
Main Street in living color
So here we’ve been trekking into North Carolina mountains in search of autumn color. Plodding up this trail and stumbling…
