Saturday, 28 February 2009 During my magnificent visit with Carole yesterday, she told me that I may be driving myself too hard. Since prison rules forbid us from spending more than one day a week together, and telephone limitations block us from talking much, our visits tend to feel concentrated. We share everything going on [...]
Monday, 23 February 2009 I began reading this morning at 2:30. By 3:06 I sat in the quiet room with my reading gear and began to write my first blog article. I wrote until 6:00. I had a meeting scheduled with TOAD today, so I needed to finish both my writing and my exercise early. [...]
Friday, 27 February 2009 This morning I woke at 2:00, but I decided not to get up so early. My wife was coming to visit me later in the morning. Since I wanted to feel well rested during the time we would share together, I pulled the beanie back down over my eyes and slept [...]
Thursday, 26 February 2009 As I grow older in prison, I notice biological changes in my body. I’m 45 now. Although I have exercised regularly throughout my 21-plus years in prison, I can sense that I do not run as fast and I am not as strong. I feel healthy overall, and at 174, I [...]
Wednesday, 25 February 2009 Despite staying awake a bit later than usual last night to watch President Obama’s speech to Congress, I woke this morning at 2:07. After reading a few pages I walked to the quiet room to begin writing. By six I finished writing five blog articles. I went outside to run when [...]
Tuesday, 24 February 2009 I woke this morning at 2:00. After reading for a bit, I brought my gear to the quiet room where I write. Another prisoner was sitting alone at the adjacent table with playing cards. On some early mornings, he sat at that table practicing a strategy he had for the game [...]
Sunday, 22 February 2009 I woke this morning at 2:30 and began by reading. After the census count cleared at 3:05, I gathered my dictionary and notebook to begin writing in the quiet room. My work assignment in the prison requires that I clean the quiet room. It’s a janitorial job, and a good fit [...]
Friday, 21 February 2009 I began my morning at 2:30. After reading, I wrote four blog articles. Besides my journal, I enjoy this work of interacting with the students at California State University. They are studying criminal justice, expecting to build careers in law enforcement. Some will work as correctional officers, some will become probation [...]
Saturday, 21 February 2009 The abundance of work I received from Carole in yesterday’s mail meant that I had writing projects to keep me busy through the weekend. I didn’t even know whether I could finish everything before the next batch of mail would leave the institution. To give it my best effort, I woke [...]
Thursday, 19 February 2009 Knowing that I had a busy schedule this morning, I woke at 2:00. I read from my book for a while, but I was able to start writing before 2:30. Before the guards unlocked the doors to my housing unit at 6:00, I had completed five blog articles. Three of those [...]
