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John Grindrod: Often, the real story isn’t on the field

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Of course, now that so many are pandemic-weary and ready again to fill the stands at games, there will be those in-game stories filled...

John Grindrod: Now that winter’s behind us, how about a little levity?

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As soon as the computer became pretty much a fixture in most abodes around 2000, I began getting a pretty fair amount of emails...

John Grindrod: Lady Jane and the ultimate puzzle

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For me, Lady Jane has always been her own type of puzzle, which, of course, has been part of her charm. And I think...

John Grindrod: My March Madness moment was shamrock green

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There are certain months that, despite the individuality of each day, have come to represent one thing to many. For children, December is mostly...

John Grindrod: Winter castings, the report from Lima’s ultimate fisherman

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Today, we can all say that winter is officially in the rearview mirror. As for the spring that we welcome in, much has been...

John Grindrod: Some thoughts on clutter, both at work and at home

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While working as a quality inspector for Mid-American Cleaning Contractors, I make my way through a wide swath of workspaces, both workers’ cubicles and...

John Grindrod: Reflections on Landon and his early February visit

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During my teaching days, I always enjoyed doing with my classes John Greenleaf Whittier’s 1866 narrative poem “Snowbound: A Winter Idyl,” a poem inspired...

John Grindrod: Despite its immensity, it’s indeed a small world

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On a planet that has almost 57 million square miles of land surface upon which trod nearly eight billion people, it’s indeed hard to...

John Grindrod: Strictly the positives of my holiday travels

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OK, so I scraped quite a few items off my complaints plate last week, from the massive traffic jam covering the last 50 or...

John Grindrod: Post-Christmas travels to a very different Hilton Head

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There are few experiences I’ve enjoyed in my life more than travel. To me, they’re the longer versions of the weekend, of which I’ve...