by Leigh Sprague | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog, Leigh Sprague
Last week my bunkie, my limping, 62-year-old bunkie with the bum knee, threw down his cane and cried, “I’ve been cured.” More or less. I was amazed, though not at the miracle of his recovery. Rather, what amazed me was that he decided to throw down...
by Mark Bernstein | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I’ve come to realize over the past 11 weeks of my incarceration how regimented and compulsive I can be with regard to my personal habits. My wife and children always tease me about being anal retentive and a structure freak but I always really believed that was...
by Mark Bernstein | Nov 15, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
The cooler weather has finally hit Camp Fed; the 6:30 Am temp was just below 40 degrees according to the local news station, that’s the time I get my 5 to 6 miles in. I’m prepared for it, had on my hat, gloves, sweats and windbreaker and I was snug and...
by Mark Bernstein | Nov 14, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
A friend sent me a book on mindfulness yesterday, this one, the Buddhist version, I read the first chapter and was reminded that so many new age authors have borrowed the Buddhist way throughout the ages. The ever changing state we all live in, the power of positive...
by Kenneth Flaska | Nov 14, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
Email Issues/Campaign Issues I just discovered that the prison email system “Corrlinks” has revalidation dates. If you signed up to email Me, your account apparently expires every year on the anniversary date of your sign-up. You have to renew your account...
by Charles Jones | Nov 13, 2015 | Blog, Charles Jones
Americans have tossed around the word freedom for almost 240 years. Freedom was one of the reasons for our country’s birth. We’re supposed to be “the land of the free…” Freedom is so important that good people die for it. How does that...
by Mark Bernstein | Nov 13, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention how absolutely perfect this morning’s weather is, oh my goodness, what a fantastically beautiful sunrise and start to the day. A great way to start a Friday the thirtieth, unseasonably warm, clouds and bright blue skies, a...
by Mark Bernstein | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
One of the biggest challenges we all face in prison is the boredom factor, it can be an area if the confinement that many find difficult to manage. It reminds me of a line from “Catch 22”, a couple of the characters in the book were talking about the...
by Mark Bernstein | Nov 11, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Today I was speaking with one of the new inmates and the conversation went to getting visits from friends and family and how much we all appreciated having the contact with the outside world. He was asking how long it took to get people approved for his visiting...
by Kevin Boardman | Nov 11, 2015 | Blog, Kevin Boardman
Top 10 things you can do to help a loved one or friend who is in prison #9 Celebrate the passing of milestones Last week marked the passing of 6 months of confinement since I self-surrendered to prison. Milestones of time passed signify that the storm is beginning to...
