by Kenneth Flaska | Oct 31, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
Rule Breaker? I got pulled over by the C.O. (corrections officer) while I was working out on the Rec yard. I was doing pull-ups on a bar that was attached to the bleachers. This activity was apparently in violation of the compound safety rules. I had no idea that the...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 31, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I have started to teach a course here at Camp Fed, my course is Resume Writing & Cover Letters. I also intend to include some basics on creative writing as well. I was approached by the education dept to teach the curse and I gladly volunteered. It’s an...
by Charles Jones | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, Charles Jones
Scabies is a contagious itch or mange caused by a parasite. I don’t want it, but some unfortunate inmate brought it to Bastrop Federal Satellite Camp last summer. He was gone before I arrived on August 26th, but left this deposit as a parting gift. His bunk mate...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I had a wonderful surprise today, my wife and our very dear friend Marcia came to visit last ,imute, spur of the moment, it was a great treat. Of course a visit from family and friends is so important to all of us in the camp but when comes as a last minute surprise...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 29, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
This morning I noticed it was a beautiful almost full moon, I must have missed it from yesterday due to the rain. But it was a great sight to see the moon going down in west and the sun going up in the east. Sunrise this morning was beautiful, clouds, blue...
by David Applegate | Oct 29, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
Farewell Robyn October 29, 2015 Our dear friend Robyn Lazear passed away this past Sunday after a 10 year battle with cancer. Kenny and I met Robyn almost 20 years ago. Meeting and getting to know Robyn is a great example of why I try my best never to have regrets...
by Inside Out | Oct 29, 2015 | Blog, Inside Out
Writing dated 10/28/15 One Week Down It has officially been 1 week since my surrender. It is safe to say that my transition has been fairly successful, as far as prison living is concerned. I have been amazed with how helpful everyone has been. It feels more like a...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Over the course of the past several days, five in fact I have been face to face with the institution and how the people who exercise the power within use the rules or ignore the rules to suit their fancy. These are the people who are hear to ensure the safety if the...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
While walking around the track before sunrise I was reminded of Billy Pilgrim of Slaughterhouse Nine, or was it Five, Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel. His ability to leave the unsettling reality he was trapped in and go to different times and different places and...
by Charles Jones | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Charles Jones
My first introduction to solitude was driving a tractor when I was in high school. While my primary gift was destroying farm equipment, quiet hours did become days, which became weeks in detached and precise pasture shredding. There was something Zen-like in spending...
