Lately I’ve been thinking about Gainesville’s sidewalks. (And before you say it, yes I do have a life.) On my … More
Author: floridavelocipede
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.
Diplomacy GNV style
Listen. If you haven’t been to City Hall recently you really ought to drop by. Out on the front lawn … More
What’s going on here?
I was out and about this morning taking a lot of photos for a forthcoming blog about the atrocious state … More
Ron’s magical mystery tour
You’ve been to Orlando to see the Big Mouse. Check. And you consumed an industrial-sized tropical drink in a neon … More
Our best kept secrets
This is something I wrote some time back. But since we’re getting into summer and some of us may still … More
Councille Blye’s Coventry
I this wrote some years ago about a man who started out being just another news interview subject and ended … More
Why the buffalo roam
It’s true that the buffalo don’t have much room to roam on Paynes Prairie. But imagine how cramped their distant … More
Invisibles ride among us
Remember Granny? Rose McDonald was a beloved figure among Gainesville’s downtown street person community. Everybody seemed to know and like … More
Cars, cows and trees
I originally wrote this piece several years ago for The Sun. Oddly, with a bit of updating it seems as … More
The artists behind the murals
When COVID came to town and the lockdown began in earnest, Seck37 picked up his paints and went to work … More
