Yesterday Roz got me the best Christmas gift I could get. The taiji group was having a Thanksgiving celebration at Jim's (one of the leaders of the group) and Roz arranged for me to call while everyone was there. I had accidentally called right as people had started...

Yesterday was an eventful day. It started off inauspiciously though. After breakfast I was in my cell, in the dark, brushing my teeth and as I leaned over the metal sink the cell door opened and closed a couple of feet from me and the lights went on. Now that is...

On Monday day we woke up to find that the microwave had been removed from F gallery... for the next month. Here's the memo explaining why. Basically, too many people on F gallery are getting write-ups so they are punishing the whole gallery. First off, of course F...

Today I received the response to my appeal of my re-classification. When I was re-classified in September I was originally told by my case manager, LaDuke, that I had to remain at high custody due to the length of my sentence. I pointed out that the AR (administrative...

It was a good day. Mom and dad returned from their 5 month motor home trip earlier this week and came to visit this afternoon. It was nice to see their smiles...well dad took a while to smile because of the shock of seeing me with a beard. LOL! I guess mom hadn't...

WOOHOO! I went to yard this morning even though it was chilly and the sun hadn't popped out from behind the clouds yet. I did my (now) usual blind mirror long form taiji but, as usual, I made some errors and my kicks were not as stable as they could/should have been....

Yesterday evening we had the first Toastmasters' (TM) meeting this month. There were a few new people; our membership is officially 42 members who paid the $1 monthly dues but only about 30-some showed up. I had volunteered at the last meeting to give my second speech...

Today I had an epiphany! Before my sentencing I redid my domain to make it a personal blog but that was a selfish idea. I talk about using it as a spring-board to promote inmate advocacy but if I really want to promote community activism then I should have made a...

Today I took Gary and Roz's suggestion to improve my taiji practice and to challenge myself. I did the long form, mirror image, with my eyes closed. I messed up twice but got back on track and finished the form at a nice slow 28 minute pace. *smile* If I slowed down...