I enjoyed a productive day of writing, as I made excellent progress with the sample chapter of the new book proposal I began writing earlier this week. In the afternoon, as I was editing, an inmate gave me some news about the camp in Sheridan. Apparently, the camp now offers inmates access to e-mail. Carole [...]
This morning I woke at 2:15 in order to make more progress on the sample chapter. Carole was scheduled to visit me early, soon after the visiting room opened. I had a lot of work to complete, and since this book proposed is important to me, I began writing about 30 minutes earlier than usual. [...]
Writing blog articles on the concept and need for prison reform feels much easier to me than initiating the steps for a 100,000 word manuscript. I’ve been working on the book proposal for three days now. The sample chapter has been a lot of work and it continues to challenge me. I spent several hours [...]
This morning I woke with a prophetic dream. When I pushed the light button on my Timex Ironman, I saw that it was 2:35 in the morning. As usual, I had gone to bed at 6:00 the previous evening, so even though I woke early, I had enjoyed a restful sleep. All of my dreams [...]
This morning I finished the last four responses for students at California State University in Long Beach. The students expect to pursue careers in law enforcement. Many will work for probation departments, some will pursue careers in police work, and others will work for prisons or jails. they study from books I’ve written, and from articles [...]
While running those laps, I thought of another goal that could drive, or empower me. The time has come, I think to begin the process of writing a new book. After finishing this morning’s two blog articles, I took the first steps toward writing a book proposal for the next book I want to write. [...]
Today I achieved a goal I set last December. Never having run more than 36 days in a row, I set the goal of running for 100 straight days. As I advanced closer to that goal, I lifted it to run every day until I reached 1,000 miles. Today marked my 114th consecutive day of [...]
Following my exercise this morning, I spent more than two hours watching prison programs on National Geographic network. The first show portrayed prison gangs. The second show focused on life in high security prisons. The third show described the history of the Aryan Brotherhood, a notorious prison gang. As I watched the television shows, I [...]
Days I expect to spend visiting with Carole disturb my sleep. This anticipation begins building early each week. By the time I lie down to sleep on Thursday, I’m already restless with enthusiasm. This morning I woke at 1:13. I went to sleep before 7:00 p.m.. last night, so I had slept more than six [...]
As I exercise each morning here at the Taft prison camp, I frequently tune my radio into the Rush Limbaugh program. He represents the epitome of hypocrisy to me, and listening to him is like listening to a standup comedian. Sometimes he stirs my anger and I switch over to a classic rock station. Usually, [...]
