Michael Santos-Five-Year Plans
I’m really excited about closing escrow on a house that I purchased several years ago. Carole and I have loved living in that home, but we’ve decided it’s time to move on to the next opportunity. Living in prison conditioned me to set long-term plans and to assess them day by day, month by month, […]
Fernando Cordova-01/02/2025
To be able now to plan for the future is a great feeling. Before I was so lost and had no direction of where my life was going. Believing that life for me would be as a prisoner, now I know this is not true and I can go back into society a changed man […]
Choon Yong-01/02/2025-BOP Phone system down
1/2/2025 Thursday Daily diary from Atwater Camp.Woke up at 5:00 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up, changed to BOP uniform and made a cup of coffee. Stretched, drank my coffee and watched the local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 58 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served […]
Fernando Cordova-01/02/2025
To be able now to plan for the future is a great feeling. Before I was so lost and had no direction of where my life was going. Believing that life for me would be as a prisoner, now I know this is not true and I can go back into society as a changed […]
Marcus Sean Hix-01/01/2025
1. In what ways could publishing your story lead to an income? Many types of people can learn from reading a story from a book. It can be read for entertainment so at the end of the story one can put the book down and tell themselves ” that was good” and not get anything […]
Lerin E Hughes-01/01/2025
“Life in the court was a never ending game that required constant viligance and tatical thinking. It was civilized war. Today we face a peculiarly similar paradox to taht of the courtier: everything must appear civilized, decent, democratic and fair. But if we play by those rules too strictly, if we take them too literally […]
Lerin E Hughes-01/01/2025
Hughes27734510 So along with book reports I do alot of deep thinking… In America if we can correlate as humans slaves/slavery to money then… Tax;1. A sum of money to be paid to the government imposed by the elected leaders.verb; To put a fee on a service or goods that are GIVEN to the Government […]
Michael Santos-25 in 2025
The first day of the year has always filled me with hope. As we begin 2025, I feel more optimistic than ever. Why? Because my wife, Carole, and I are accelerating a transition we envisioned at the end of 2023. Around that time, we were preparing to celebrate my 60th birthday and talking about how […]
Marcus Sean Hix-01/01/2025
1. What are your greatest challenges in 2024 and how did you overcome them? My greatest challenge in 2024 is trying to work through my last year in prison. I have had some relocation issues and halfway house problems that were partially resolved. Also a challenge in 2024 is preparing for release from prison after […]
Lerin E Hughes-01/01/2025
Hughes27734510 Robert Greene once said; In such an atmosphere, with the pressures so immediate and consequences of any inattention being life or death, the human brain evolved as an instrument for helping humans to not only detect dangers, but also to slowly gain control of a treacherous envrioment. The moment our ancestors began to turn […]
