Five Good Things: February 2026 The other day I was watching Pollyanna. Now, don’t laugh, if you’re ever having a bad day, I dare you to sit through this tale of a (spoiler alert) young girl who finds something good in becoming crippled. Anyway, in the film, Pollyanna plays a little game whenever things get toughContinue reading “Poolside From PS”
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Poolside From PS
Weighted Weightlessness: January 2026 Just what is it about the holidays that makes us want to stop and pause and assess and as my spouse says “to take inventory” of our lives per se? Is it some kind of morbid obsession to look for the flaws in the lives which we aspire to build asContinue reading “Poolside From PS”
Poolside From PS
Perhaps We’re Both Right: November 2025 The other day I was having my teeth cleaned. My hygienist, who does a wonderfully thorough job (ouch), and I frequently talk in between the bouts of scraping and digging. This particular day our conversation turned toward the state of the world – specifically our political globe. At oneContinue reading “Poolside From PS”
Manuel Padilla Jr. 