by Roxanne Jackson | Nov 21, 2015 | Blog, Roxanne Jackson
How we perceive our individual situations is all in our minds. We must learn to program our minds with the right thoughts. Sometimes it is hard to program positivity, hope and happiness when we are in dire straits. However, it can be learned with a…
by Charles Jones | Nov 20, 2015 | Blog, Charles Jones
This will no doubt be the most difficult post I have attempted to write. I am reluctant to broach this painful subject for fear that my words will be inadequate to express just how BAD the music is at the Christian Chapel services at Bastrop FSC. We…
by David Applegate | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
Is It Time for Christmas? Yes, I know it isn't even Thanksgiving yet. In my previous life, I used to be the "Christmas Music Nazi" insisting that Kenny had to wait until after Thanksgiving every year to get out his 200+ Christmas CDs and start…
by Inside Out | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog, Inside Out
Fit is the New Black With each day that passes, I continue to become more established into a routine. Despite my fairly smoothe adjustment into my new surroundings, the emotional fluctuations are limitless. Within any given hour, I can go from being…
by Mark Bernstein | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Here I am, at camp Fed on Thanksgiving of 2015, and I'm not serving dinner in the soup kitchen I'm serving time in a federal Jail. If asked the question, "Where do you see yourself next Thanksgiving?" last turkey day the answer would never have been…
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…
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…
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…
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…