Tag: Grindrod
John Grindrod: A look under the production hood of the LCC play
Despite all the negatives of this past year caused by something none of us would have ever thought possible, it seems that there occasionally...
John Grindrod: The enigma that is the thrill seeker
I can remember it as clearly as if it were last summer rather than a summer more than a half century ago. I was...
John Grindrod: Itching to do some (insert naughty word here)
To be honest, I’m really not sure what’s more deeply ingrained in our DNA, our penchant to rationalize or our urge to complain. Being...
John Grindrod: St. Patrick’s Day, its origins and my most memorable
As I ponder what is sort of an unofficial holiday here in my country (although it’s a national holiday in the island country where...
John Grindrod: Masks, once upon a time and now
Now that we’ve been living with masks for more than a year now, I’ve some mask-related thoughts for you this week.As a boy, unlike...
John Grindrod: Pandemic times and travel, long time between visits
When it comes to travel, it’s rather difficult to convince my favorite co-pilot, Lady Jane, to return to a place we’ve already checked off...
John Grindrod: Some final reflections on Lima’s Dr. Jack
If life is indeed, as has been said, like a river, then for Dr. C. John Stechschulte, its source would be St. Rita’s Hospital...
John Grindrod: Dr. Steck and his three-plus decade Lima reunion
Once Jack Stechschulte was ready to hang his medical shingle following the completion of his residency in Columbus’ Children’s Hospital, he and his wife...
John Grindrod: Dr. Stechschulte’s career epiphany
For retired Lima pediatrician C. John Stechschulte — following that teenage operation to address an injury sustained chasing a fly ball, an operation that...
John Grindrod: Dr. C. John Stechschulte, remembering the long shadow cast
If you’re of a certain age, you remember when there were far fewer channels on what derisively used to be called the boob tube...
