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Really, what I should have done is log every book I read on the jail tablet during my 10 1/2 months at the Backwards Correctional Center. But fate being what it is, my court date was moved up six weeks and I was transferred to the rehab house on short notice. Fortunately, as mentioned, I…
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Hi again and thanks for stopping back through. I know the previous post’s message came heavy, but I can’t and won’t apologize for the reality check. The experience I had, seeing death first-hand, was no joke and comparatively tame compared to those who have been there and made it back. Say a prayer that you…
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Life in our jail dorm wasn’t always Scrabble and coffee balls (singly-wrapped doses of instant coffee, creamer and sugar twin, available to “buy” for one ramen soup, or two the night before commissary.) As incarcerated individuals we did our best to stay active and upbeat, but there was always a lingering air of discontent, especially…
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“I am as fully impressed as anyone with the fact that this world is not our permanent abiding-place; but that is no reason why we should underrate, abuse or malign it. There is such a thing as being too other-worldly: the grand teachings of God’s gospel do not conflict with the grandeur, the beauty and…
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I’m a sucker for classic, really classic comedy. And yes I can totally appreciate today’s headliners – the Will Ferrells, Judd Apatows, Tiffany Haddishes, Kevin Smiths, et al. But harken me back to the days when dialogue was snappy and the jibes more creatively back-handed (you hockey puck!) Finding reasons to laugh while in jail…
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Good advice, yes? It comes from one of the many Gilded Age books I read on the jail tablet, but for once I forgot to note the author and book. Still, words to live by, especially in polite company. But I did remember to chronicle wit and wisdom from the host of authors and other…
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If you read my “poem” (and I use the term loosely) from the “Jail Humor” post, you know I’ll never be another Pablo Neruda (the Nobel Prize winner and political activist who was considered Poet Laureate of Chile; click on his name for a link to his epic work). But we do the best with…
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If you believe, it’ll all start to make sense. I wasn’t going to post today, after all the “effort” (haha) I expended the last time, explaining why never to swallow your smile or wear a worrisome hat (you won’t, will you?) But here in the house tonight we had an inspirational experience that I felt…
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Since we left off last post on a lighter note, I thought we’d stay in that mode for another “hot minute,” as the kids say these days. Despite the obvious downsides to being incarcerated (crappy food at obtuse meal times, rude and sometimes nasty corrections officers, limited contact with the outside world) it is possible…
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OK dear readers, time for a levity break, and thanks (I know, I say it alot) for allowing me in recent posts to cogitate on some simple connections between western and eastern tenets. My jailhouse journals were overflowing with thoughts I needed to “get down on paper,” as it were, and I’m relieved to have…
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