Tag: Grindrod
John Grindrod: Yet another addiction about which to worry
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...
John Grindrod: The political question: Someone new or more of the same?
With another November election day nearly upon us, many have, in the pre-election period, already made their decision on Lima’s mayoral race, while the...
John Grindrod: Art for the artistically illiterate, baseball style
Truth be told, the entire volume of knowledge I possess about the world of art wouldn’t fill an upturned bottle cap. There, I’ve said...
John Grindrod: Time and the tritest of truisms
Certainly the language is rife with what I constantly railed against once upon a classroom time in training my young writers, the dreaded cliché....
John Grindrod: Resurrecting Young and remembering one gone too young
Certainly, as a lot of language lovers, I’ve embraced several figures of speech over time, and one of my favorites comes from my old...
John Grindrod: A postscript on the Shawnee gridiron ‘66ers
In doing my interviews for the two-part feature I did the last couple of Tuesdays in September on the undefeated and once-scored-upon Shawnee Indian...
John Grindrod: Strolling through Mr. Whitley’s historical garden
Like a lot of us, I am absolutely in the help line whenever a spot opens. As a younger and, unquestionably, more arrogant version...
John Grindrod: Condiments, America’s ongoing quest for something better
For most of us, we’re always questing for something better than what we have. That was a thought that occurred to me yet again...
John Grindrod: For the early 1990 ‘Riders, a time to remember
Just one week after Shawnee High School feted its undefeated 1966 football team by inducting its members and coaches into the school’s hall of...
John Grindrod: Some thoughts on schools and guns from a former teacher
As so often happens, I always think a little bit more this time of year about my former life in the classroom, particularly at...