by David Applegate | May 6, 2018 | Blog, David Applegate
Hi everyone! One last update before I sign off. I could not be happier with how everything is going in my life. Mr. Ken and I are closer than we have ever been. We will be celebrating our 35th anniversary this fall with a trip to northern Michigan…
by David Applegate | Dec 30, 2017 | Blog, David Applegate
A Christmas Miracle It is still completely unreal to me that I am home for the holidays! When I first surrendered to the federal prison camp at Taft in January 2015, one of the first things I did was try and figure out how many Christmases with…
by David Applegate | Dec 12, 2017 | Blog, David Applegate
Our Colorful Mid-Century Living Room "Reentry" really could not be going any better! I am enjoying every aspect of daily life and am so incredibly grateful to be free and to be able to enjoy all the little things I missed while I was away. I know…
by David Applegate | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog, David Applegate
Me and Mr. Ken! I'm home! I'm home! I'm home!!! I know many of those who receive my blog posts know that I was released on November 28 but I think it bears repeating, don't you? The last several days have been a whirlwind. You may recall that my…
by David Applegate | Sep 18, 2017 | Blog, David Applegate
Greetings from Oklahoma City! September 16, 2017 It has been a little over a month since I testified in Austin and I have only made it back to Oklahoma! I am writing this from the Bureau of Prisons transfer center at the Oklahoma City airport. This…
by David Applegate | Aug 28, 2017 | Blog, David Applegate
Next phase of the journey August 15, 2017 I think I'm done. I hope I am; with testifying, with ArthroCare, with reliving the past. I also thought I was done last time, in 2014. But I wasn't. So instead of relieved, I am mostly ambivalent. I wasn't…
by David Applegate | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog, David Applegate
Accepting what is. August 1, 2017 Probably the most significant development since I last wrote is that, after 10 days I finally gave up trying to move cells and just accepted that my entire stay here will be in the “psycho ward”. A few days ago, I…
by David Applegate | Aug 6, 2017 | Blog, David Applegate
Greetings from Bastrop, Texas. Getting closer to Rubidoux Halfway House July 26, 2017 Greetings from the Bastrop County Jail; my “home” for the next 3-4 weeks. I never thought my first blog post in nearly a year would be from a solitary confinement…
by David Applegate | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog, David Applegate
I'm Certified! August 25, 2016 No, not certifiable (as in crazy, although sometimes I wonder.....). I'm a "Certified Communicator" with Toastmasters! I completed my 10th speech recently - 10 speeches in 3 months! Whew! My last speech was on how I do…
by David Applegate | Aug 11, 2016 | Blog, David Applegate
A "Holy" Visit August 11, 2016 In a previous post, I wrote about "Ken's World"; that quirky, eclectic place where anything can happen. My husband Ken, of course, is the King of Ken's World and I got to experience the latest episode on a recent visit…