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John Grindrod: The changing face of shopping and fooling the bad guys

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Certainly shopping over the course of my lifetime has changed dramatically. When the Grindrods first arrived in Lima from my birth city of Chicago in early June of 1958, those who wanted to shop headed downtown to patronize stores like The Leader, Gregg’s, S.S. Kresge and F. W. Woolworth.

John Grindrod: Of all our guilty pleasures, there is the ultimate

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In the oxymoronic world, the term guilty pleasure has a pretty wide range of usages. On the surface, there may be those out there wondering how a pleasure, a sensation that is on some level enjoyable, can also elicit guilt.

John Grindrod: Tom Usher, another that Lima was fortunate to have

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I wonder if we in the Lima area have appreciated the many media members who’ve so enriched our lives. Some, like Michael Reghi and Scott Clark, who both once upon a time worked at WLIO, went on to lager markets and achieved great success, the former as a play-by-play broadcaster both in college and the pros, and the latter as sports director and anchor at WABC in New York City.

John Grindrod: 55 years later and still slightly left of center

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It was a Tuesday’s end in early November, and I’d just left Troy heading back to Lima after doing some housekeeping inspections for my employer, Mid-American Cleaning Contractors. I figured I just might get home in time to enjoy an hour’s worth of light working of that autumnal ritual that would have mystified pioneering men of an earlier generation: chasing those leaves around and bagging them.

John Grindrod: Giving Serious Thought to Divesting My Youth

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Last fall I happened to catch a Howard Stern interview with someone who certainly is in the conversation as his generation’s greatest troubadour, Bruce Springsteen. In the captivating two-hour interview that covered such a wide range of topics, one portion got me thinking about something more deeply that periodically has crossed my mind over the years.

John Grindrod: Some Reflections on My Birth Town

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While I hesitate to call the city that birthed me my hometown given the fact that I left when I was a week short of my seventh birthday when my father took a job transfer, for years, I had no problem reminding people that I was a Chicagoan in my earliest days.

John Grindrod: For some, the 2022 losses were far more personal

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As we head into the start of another year with which we are all blessed, there’s always some accounting to be done as to what we’ve gained and what we’ve lost in the year now in the history books.

John Grindrod: Christmas morning, when the magic happens

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There is so much to appreciate during the Christmas season. And, like many of you, I’m certain, much of that appreciation revolves around the memories of Christmas mornings. Each Christmas which I’m blessed to experience I always think back on one of my earliest Christmas mornings, the one when Santa was indeed in the house.

John Grindrod: Wrapping up a fall trip, Alabama-style

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With the temperatures dropping along with fall’s curtain in just 48 hours, it’s time to put a wrap on my autumnal travel log. This week I’ll give you a few Alabaman snapshots.

John Grindrod: Hot Springs, a little bit of a lot

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On Lady Jane’s and my fall sojourn — leaving Little Rock behind after delving into the ignominious history of central High School and the Little Rock Nine — we headed for Hot Springs, a little over fifty miles away and a small city of around 38,000, but one as unique for its size you’re likely to find.