11. September 2021 – January 2022
Happy New Year friends and family! I stayed up until midnight for the first time in years. I flipped through channels watching musical guests and then at 12:00 the big ball dropped in New York: 2022. Yee Ha! I’m feeling good about the year. But before I get into what’s ahead, I’ll catch you up […]
10. Why Teach Meditation in Schools
Hello everyone 🙂 I hope you are all well! I’m pretty good. Here is the last essay from my writing class. The assignment was to write an eight-page persuasive essay, using seven references. So it’s not a quick read. And it’s deep! But it might contain some gold. Haha, you decide. – – – It’s […]
9. March 2021 – August 2021
Hello everyone! I hope you are all well! Did any of you watch the Olympics? I was torn about whom to cheer for. I’m South African but I feel at home in America and want nothing more than to live with my family again. I pray there will be a way. Even so, it was […]
8. Essay. A Satire: Binary 101
Hello friend! Hello family! OK, so here is the second of those three essays I did for writing class. The assignment was to write a satire: Satire: 1. An artistic work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit. 2. Irony or caustic wit used to expose or attack folly. […]
7. January 2021 – February 2021
Dear friends and family, Well, no gang fights this time, but I did hear about a seal fight…. Ya, I didn’t know what that was either. It’s when two guys fight in the showers. LOL. There’s lots of funny slang in here. January 2021: The Education. Department closed for Christmas and was supposed to reopen […]
6. Essay: Electronic Music Review
Electronic music is sometimes referred to as Doof-Doof – a way of imitating the bass beat in some of the more monotonous tracks. The phrase carries a negative connotation though, as if that’s all the music is. But that would be like saying rock ’n roll is only screeching guitars, orchestra is nothing but wind, […]
5. Sept 2020 – Dec 2020
Hello everyone 🙂 I hope you are well! My mom was able to look at my blog traffic and it seems like people are receiving the new-blog notifications – thanks for reading! September 2020: From my cell I see: the cell bars (light blue – some are light green or beige), a few feet further at […]
4. May 2020 – August 2020
I said I would post my essays next but we haven’t caught up in so long I decided to do this first. How the heck have you been? May 2020: Shooowee, I had front row seats to a gang fight (essentially different ethnic groups). I was eating lunch when I heard scuffling at the table […]
2. November 2019 – April 2020
November 2019: A good month. First, even though my celly was really difficult and I could have requested a move, I was cautious. Better the devil you know than the one you don’t I suppose. So, it was an amazing day when I got early approval for, and moved into, a single cell – there […]
1. Hello and Welcome :-)
I’ve started this blog to keep in touch with people I love. You. And if you’re someone who doesn’t know me, then maybe this will offer a way. Since there’s too much to catch up on since I left in 1993 I’m just going to start from now. That said, I’m sure I’ll reference the […]