Tag: Grindrod
John Grindrod: Erring on the side of… greasing a squeaky wheel
On a cool and sunny Saturday last month, just the type of day that would suggest that the world is perhaps more normal than...
John Grindrod: Social media and sentimental journeys
Of course, there are certain things that change about us as we age, both physically and emotionally. Physically, for instance, I can no longer...
John Grindrod: Tough times for shakers, huggers and kissers
For variety sake during recent times traveling my work roads, I’ll take a Sirius-XM jump from my usual sports-squawk stations to a country station,...
John Grindrod: Decades later, the wistfulness of the yearbook
Of all the books I once used during my high school years, the textbooks and the paperbacks, there was one, especially during my senior...
John Grindrod: The wedding gift, largely forgotten and yet …
Of course, the narrative that matters the most to us, our own lives, is divided into chapters, and there is that chapter that begins...
John Grindrod: When it comes to buying undies and malls, good luck!
During my daily check-ins by phone and text with Lady Jane, so that she’s fully aware of the shenanigans in which I’m involved, recently...
John Grindrod: In need of more practice with restaurant dining
Once I returned to work following my virus-forced six-week furlough, I was back in the game of finding suitable restaurant options in different parts...
John Grindrod: In this most unusual summer, looking to master the grill
There are certain pursuits for my fellow dudes that for generations have proved to their significant others that they were indeed the custodial head...
John Grindrod: The lasting memories of a coach and a season
Following the sudden death of long-time youth baseball coach Bob Linneman on Wednesday, July 1, 1970, sports editor Chuck Dell sought a reaction from...
John Grindrod: Intertwined with triumph, there can be tragedy
They are men now mostly retired, men who smile every time they hear on their satellite radios the sounds of Paul McCartney singing “When...