Tag: Grindrod
John Grindrod: I shall never see every single famous tree
Of course, hearkening back to our elementary school days, we remember being exposed to Joyce Kilmer’s poem “Trees,” one generally trotted out as Arbor...
John Grindrod: A reader’s note and thoughts of Dad in carbon paper times
There are certain days that indelibly etch into our consciousness, so much so we remember exactly what we were doing when we learned of...
John Grindrod: Yearning for the impossible, recapturing that baseball card magic
I thought about my distant past for a good chunk of the rest of the day as I drove back from my favorite retired...
John Grindrod: The 5-week exile and my ‘Twilight Zone’ thoughts
While it’s been said that a man’s home is his castle and home is where the heart is, it has also been sung by...
John Grindrod: Someone got rich doing what?
Generally, I’m not much into reality TV and have found it quite easy over time to avoid the siren’s song that lured so many...
John Grindrod: Perhaps what’s toughest to do, to forgive
As we all know, in addition to our most joyous moments, there are also those tough times, times that sometimes occur when we author...
John Grindrod: Throwing my hat, actually cap, in the school mascot ring
Ball caps are so very important to a bald man who’s unwilling to pay the Bosley hair-replacement folks a bushel of money to address...
John Grindrod: The fight for perceived justice that endures
We’ve seen it in movies, on TV screens, in print media and in books, the dogged determination that drives some to do what they...
John Grindrod: The Big Chill, on lost hope and lost friends
Certainly streaming options have increased our television viewing enjoyment in recent times, especially for those movies which came out so very long ago, back...
John Grindrod: SI, a look back to the beginning
Ann Crider should be happy to know I’ve been having quite a bit of fun going through the old issues of Sports Illustrated from...