Tag: Grindrod
John Grindrod: Remembering Jackie Robinson and revenge, 7 decades later
Out of the entire range of human emotions to which we are prone, the one that’s always fascinated me is revenge. As all who...
John Grindrod: DeVos non-story about the inside of classroom
Of course, when you have any transition of power in our nation’s highest office, such as the one we had that shocked so many...
John Grindrod: Compartmentalization, resiliency, Commodores!
At the risk of straining the outer limits of the maximum allowable characters in a headline, I can think of no other way to...
John Grindrod: Changing statuses, updates and other unobserved Facebook moments
There it was, right on my smarter-than-I-am phone, so it must have been true. A few weeks ago, a Facebook message popped up that...
John Grindrod: Motorists, where did kindness and civility go?
It’s literally happened to me dozens of times. I’m sitting at a light and not really focusing on the traffic signal as much as...
John Grindrod: Open mouth, and let the comedy begin
I had to laugh and so did many others at the merry weekly gathering for the Knights of Columbus version of Kickback Friday. My...
John Grindrod: Know-it-alls and 1 of the 7 deadly sins
In my Catholic upbringing, from a very early age, thanks to the Good Sisters of Charity, who toiled tirelessly at St. Charles to provide...
John Grindrod: Plugging February’s sports void
Certainly, for many of us sports fans, once the Super Bowl is over, there’s a sports void, one that, at least for me, isn’t...
John Grindrod: Winter mall walks, so very familiar yet so very different
As is the case with many older folks, the walks I so enjoy with my Lady Jane take place inside at our town’s largest...
John Grindrod: A writer’s journey as time passes
Late last October while at the Superior Credit Union on Elida Road doing a little reallocation of my dollars and cents, I, as always,...