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