Sunday, 8 February 2009 This morning I woke at 2:34 and I read until 3:00, when the two guards made their rounds in my housing unit for the scheduled census count. After they cleared the count, I gathered my gear and walked to the quiet room. I began writing and completed three blogs before 6:00. [...]

Friday, 6 February 2009   I woke this morning at 2:30 a.m. to resume my reading of the book by Tony Dungy. I admire leadership and the way that Mr. Dungy writes about it. Since my imprisonment began, I’ve strived to model my adjustment after leaders in society, and I find many powerful messages through [...]

Thursday, 5 February 2009   For the first time in a few weeks, I began reading a new book this morning. Reading has always been an integral part of my prison adjustment. I’ve made it a practice to keep track of the number of books I read during a given year. Before I began writing, [...]

Wednesday, 4 February 2009 I began writing this morning at 3:15. By 6:00 I had finished writing my first three blog articles. Two of the articles were responses to questions I had received from readers, and one was a description of my previous day. At 6:07 I began my run. For the second day in [...]

Monday, 2 February 2009   I woke after a restful sleep at 2:00 a.m., ready to begin a productive day. I set a goal of publishing 100 blog entries for the month of February. To reach that goal, I would have to average more than three blog articles each day. Before seven this morning, I [...]

Sunday, 1 February 2009   For the second day in a row, I didn’t wake with as much energy as I was accustomed. I carried my gear into the room where I write at 2:00, but four other inmates were sitting at an adjacent table playing cards. Since I felt tired anyway, and I knew [...]