I’m sitting in my cubicle, with my feet posted on the steel post that holds up my rack. It’s 4:04 on Thursday afternoon, and after a long day of writing, I’m waiting for the guards to walk by for the daily census count. Once they pass, and I finish writing this entry, I’ll lie down for the evening.

I’m pleased with the work I completed today. I finished writing chapter eight of Earning Freedom.  This pivotal chapter takes me through early 2002, an essential part of my life because that was the year Carole reached out to me. I’ve been looking forward to completing this chapter because all the future chapters of my life include Carole. I wrote through page 369 of the manuscript.

Following the work on my manuscript, which I began before 2:00 this morning, I wrote a letter to Jonathan, one of the lawyers on my legal team. In a speech, Eric Holder gave to the ABA earlier this month, the Attorney General wrote about the importance of thinking smart on crime. He said that reducing recidivism was an important component of that strategy, and I wrote to Jonathan to express efforts I make to reduce recidivism through my work.

In Earning Freedom, I hope to make this case in a compelling way for readers. I’m on track to finish a complete draft of the manuscript before Thanksgiving.

This morning I ran 10 miles. The tally now stands at 2,228 miles over the past 251 consecutive days of running.

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