by Mark Bernstein | Dec 24, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
My first Christmas in the joint, certainly not how I expected to be spending this holiday. I'm certain this will be an experience to remember. The inmates are all gearing up for the holiday, I'm certain Santa will be leaving us all lumps of coal in…
by Mark Bernstein | Dec 23, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
This morning brought out the best in many of my fellow inmates and it's nice to see that many of the guys can rally around getting the right thing done when it's called for. Our sewers backed up this morning, it was pretty bad and the response from…
by Mark Bernstein | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Today is the first day of winter, oh my! You would never know it by the unseasonably warm temps we've been having so far. I'm still walking the track in shorts, most days. I have spent one full season here at Camp Fed, autumn has come and now has…
by Mark Bernstein | Dec 19, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Brrrr, it was refreshingly cold this morning here at Camp Fed. Finally, we have some seasonal weather. My morning walk at 6:30 today was in the low 30s and a brisk prevailing wind from the west made it feel cooler the thermometer read. I absolutely…
by Mark Bernstein | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
There are times during the day that I wish i were alone on a small Island in the warm Caribbean Sea, just sitting on a white sand beach looking out over crystal clear azure water listening to the breeze rustle threw the palm trees, oh, how nice that…
by Mark Bernstein | Dec 14, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I was preparing for my course that I teach a little while ago and one of my students cane over to thank me for the course and the information I was sharing with my fellow inmates. Needless to say this made me feel very good and reinforced my…
by Mark Bernstein | Dec 11, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Here I am walking around the track this morning, my day off, so I got an early start, 6:10 Am, 20 minutes ahead of the sunrise. (It was a very lovely sunrise too) I'm thinking as I circle the track that this is really great stuff, walking in the…
by Mark Bernstein | Dec 10, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I guess I have always been a creature of habit; at least my wife and children have always accused me of this. Naturally I would pooh pooh them and deny it, but I guess i always knew i am. Anally compulsive in some areas, obsessed in others and…
by Mark Bernstein | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Being in prison away from our families is very difficult, more so on those we have left behind to wait for us to come back home. To the many of us who are husbands and parents it is doubly hard, we are not available or easily accessible for our…
by Mark Bernstein | Dec 1, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Dec. 1st, 2015, a great date for me, the significance to me is the final 3 months has begun, the final month of this year and the season to be merry. All good things, all positive and uplifting things. I'm looking forward to this month speeding by,…