by Charles Jones | Feb 21, 2016 | Blog, Charles Jones
Back when I owned a GPS…and a car…and had money for gas…and somewhere to go, my GPS would sometimes get lost. When that happened, it would tell me, in its sexy, Siri-like voice, that it was re-calibrating. She was trying her best to get me back on...
by Charles Jones | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog, Charles Jones
February 18, 2016 On February 18, 2016, my baby boy would have been 29 years old. There are many statements I could make about his short life, but to me the most remarkable is this: In his almost 28 years of life on this earth, I never recall him saying one unkind...
by Charles Jones | Feb 14, 2016 | Blog, Charles Jones
February 14, 2016 Some people are uncomfortable with silence. I am not; never have been. I like silence very much. One of my favorite movies is Cast Away, which has almost no dialogue for a third of the movie. It stars Tom Hanks and a volleyball named Wilson. Hank’s...
by Charles Jones | Feb 10, 2016 | Blog, Charles Jones
February 10, 2016 Since arriving at Bastrop Federal Satellite Camp on August 26, 2015, I’ve read over 20 books. I promised to report on some, so here’s another Book Report. While this report would earn only a C in most colleges, as I’m just quoting...
by Charles Jones | Feb 8, 2016 | Blog, Charles Jones
February 8, 2016 I’m noticing that most of the drug offenders at Bastrop FSC have little trouble admitting they committed a criminal act. Most of them correctly think their sentence was too harsh, but at least they own what they did. Some own it a little too...
