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Late Christmas Night in Jail Feeling Like an Owl 12.25.02

By admin | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 16 March, 2017 | 1

I am awake again:  It’s past 2 AM and I am enjoying this Wednesday night alone in the darkness and silence that is known as lock-down every night in jail.   I am lying on my stomach in my bunk, enjoying this nightly lonliness with my four favorite possessions:  My notebook.  My pencil.  My Eraser.Read more

Christmas in Jail. 12.24.02

By admin | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 7 March, 2017 | 2

The song is playing in my head.  “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.”   Well I woke up dreaming of a white Christmas, but I woke up in this reality of life in a jail cell block. We don’t have windows in here.  I have no idea what it looks like outside.  In fact, IRead more

My Progression of a Thinker Into A Writer. 12/24/02

By admin | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 28 February, 2017 | 0

I am thrilled with the way my writing has evolved since my first day incarcerated.  Writing has become my personal release.  It has been an awesome art form that I have used to help me escape from this horrible place.Read more

My routine in Jail, and the Things I miss on Christmas Eve.

By admin | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 17 February, 2017 | 0

  Today I am surviving my first Christmas behind bars.  Tonight is Christmas Eve.  My cellie, Ron Schwartz, and I were just whistling and singing Christmas carols together in our cell. The song was, “Walking in a Winter Wonderland.”Read more

A Visit with a Lonely Girlfriend 12.21.02

By admin | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 19 December, 2016 | 0

I was writing a journal post, when I was called into the visiting room.  Someone was here to see me.  As I approached the door, I was surprised to see my girlfriend standing in the first visiting booth behind the glass wall.  I haven’t seen her for at least a month, and I was beginningRead more

Peace and Quiet; Between the Annoying Jerks 12.25.02

By admin | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 16 December, 2016 | 1

Written in Jail 12/25/2002 I feel very alive tonight.  I am sipping on my 3rd cup of coffee, probably around the 2 AM morning hour.  I am up later than everyone else, and it is so quiet and peaceful in the cell block.  Out of 22 people, I think I am the only one leftRead more

I Was Too Smart for Heroin 12.20.02

By admin | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 19 November, 2016 | 0

Written in Jail 12/20/2002 When I was high on heroin one time, I called and left this voice mail on a friend’s answering machine.  In the morning, she delivered the typed transcript to me in an envelope.  I don’t know if she did it as a joke, or if she was subtly saying I neededRead more

How to Become a Better Person: Build an Adventure Within You, and a New Adventure Will Come.

By admin | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 21 February, 2016 | 0

What happened to me?  I used to be so… unhappy, unorganized, unfocused, and confused inside. Somewhere along my life journey I changed.  I became honest, likable, responsible, driven, motivated, and productive?  Somehow, at some point, I changed from an entitled, ungrateful, manipulative human being into a man I am proud to be today. So howRead more

How to Find God – The Convictions that Changed my Life.

By admin | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 24 October, 2015 | 0

Only God can lead you to your Purpose in Life, and I found God in 3 major ways: 1) First, I became so unhappy and unfulfilled with my life, that I was desperate for change.  My life had become a unmanageable state of misery.  A good friend of mine had just died of a drugRead more

What is the American Dream? It Depends on the Reality you Choose to Invest in.

By admin | Uncategorized | Comments are Closed | 23 October, 2015 | 0

I see a major problem with our current 40-hour-a-week, chase the American Dream mentality our culture has accepted as truth.  This popular version of the American Dream includes making as much money as you can, raising-a-family-you-are-debatably-close-to; and then retiring into the sunset of old-age with a mind full of dying, unfulfilled dreams.  We American’s workRead more

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