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John Grindrod: Re-gifting, the kind gesture’s dirty little secret

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In late October, one of my oldest and dearest friends, Mike Schepp, and I gathered at one of this town’s best breakfast places, LuLu’s,...

John Grindrod: Looking for a heavenly virtue as a New Year’s resolution

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Certainly as we ready ourselves to tear the last month off the calendar, most of us start to toy around with some ideas for...

John Grindrod: Christmas trees and the tales they could tell

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Those who favor Christmas trees have had them up for quite some time, unless of course you’re from the type of home that Bob...

John Grindrod: Hickory suggestions and memories from readers

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My, last week’s offering certainly did yield quite a few reactions from readers, more than I could ever have imagined and certainly more than...

John Grindrod: The hickory, literally one tough nut to crack

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For years now, one of the banes of my existence has been a certain nut that is a preferred item on the menu of...

John Grindrod: Thanksgiving Eve and thoughts of old coaches

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On the eve of my favorite holiday last week — the holiday that isn’t about gifts under a tree, rather all about a very...

John Grindrod: Craving sport’s inner sanctums

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I was captivated by the setting the first time I saw the inside of a Major League ballpark.I was 10 years old and my...

John Grindrod: Deep down, the Fred G. Sanford that lies within

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I think there’s a gene that most of us working-class types have, and that is we want to find a real bargain. Personally, I...

John Grindrod: The cost of prize and the joys of a retro concert

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When it comes to traveling for leisure, my timing, at least for trips of a week or so, always is so very different from...

John Grindrod: Yet another addiction about which to worry

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A while back, I wrote a rather tongue-in-cheek column about a question that came across my cell, one rhetorical in nature, because both the...