Today is a rarity - Easter in March! It's an early Easter, but unlike the early blooms of the Cherry Blossom trees, Easter will continue to follow a routine lunar schedule and be back to mid-April in the upcoming years. I hope had a celebratory Easter day surrounded by loved...
Week 70: Luck of the Cherries
Earlier this week, the Cherry Blossom trees that surround the DC's tidal basin were in full, pink bloom for St. Patrick's Day! Having moved to DC in 2008, I first experienced the tourist hype of the Cherry Blossoms, which further delayed my daily commute by about an hour. The trees...
Month 16: Q & a – Part 3
Thankfully, the past 16 months have quickly passed for me. I am awed by all the positivity, prayers, support, and encouragement that so many of you have shown me throughout these past many months! All of it has made this experience tolerable, so I am very grateful! After these many...
Week 68: In Like a Lamb
The weather has been unseasonably spectacular. I guess winter decided to have mercy on us here, just a few flurries and that was about it. I've been outside enjoying this beautiful weather...and getting a slight tan. This is the first tan (albeit a farmer's one) that I've had without going...
Week 67: No Computer for You!
I often comment about the weather, not due to any lack of content, but at its oddity. This past February must have been the warmest one that I experienced, despite a day or two of a cold, wintery burst. If the wild life here is any indication of an earlier...
Week 66: Do Not Disturb
Mostly, I sleep really well in my cozy cell. The air temperature is cool. The section of the wing where I reside is pin-drop quiet. On a rare occasion, I might hear someone talking in their sleep or maybe a cough or sneeze. I am very happy that no one...
Month 15: Dirty Ashes
This week marks the fifteenth month of my incarceration. As I have noted previously, I believe first-time offenders learn their lesson within 3 to 4 months of incarceration, since prison is not a place for anyone not knowing what it really entails as a punishment. Using this logic, I have...
Week 64: Is Mother Nature Bipolar?
The unseasonably warm weather for the start of February has been mindboggling but very welcomed. It's sunny and in the high 50s and 60s, and it's February! Just two weeks ago, the weather was snowy cold and feeling like a normal winter. Yet, Mother Nature seems to be confusing even...
Week 63: Normalcy
The past week has been typical January weather, but atypical for February! It's already February, the bitterness of winter has been lame, which is okay with me. The little duckling is fully grown and really hard to pick this quacker out from the rest (usually by less fat on its...
Week 62: Honey, We’ve Been Hacked
Two weeks ago, I noted that it was a boring start to the New Year and just the same 'ol grind here. Then, something interesting happened...little gremlins hacked the TRULINCS platform. TRULINCS is the point of communication for us inmates. The system manages our snail mail, email, and telephone communications...