AUTHOR: JOHN GRISHAMFICTION RATING: 3.5 out of 10 Started slow but midway through it picks up and finishes strong. If you are fan of Grisham, enjoyable read but certainly not his best work. THEMES STUDENT LOAN DEBT | ANXIETY | SUICIDE | GREED | MANIPULATION | FRIENDSHIP | LOYALTY KNOWLEDGE FROM THE PAGE This was […]
FULL CATASTROPHE LIVING: USING THE WISDOM OF YOUR BODY AND MIND TO FACE STRESS, PAIN AND ILLNESS AUTHOR: JON KABAT-ZINN NON-FICTION RATING: 9 out of 10 Extremely helpful book. Not only if you are going through something uniquely stressful but teaches you how to live a better life. Plain and simple. HIGHLY recommend. THEMES Mindfulness
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Eat The Pancakes. So, my oldest son loves pancakes. Every single morning that I was with him from the time he could talk until the last morning that we were together prior to me surrendering… our morning conversation would go something like, “What do you want for breakfast today Buddy?” (already knowing full well what
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ROLL IT UP… YOU’RE MOVING! WTF?! AGAIN?? “Horwitz! Roll it up. You’re Moving!” I heard the booming command coming from the lobby and instinctively started walking toward the officer’s office… not with my belongings in order to follow his instruction to move but instead with my entitled, I forgot I was a prisoner mindset. I
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RATING 5 out of 10 The book was a quick read and enjoyable but felt as though I was watching a short film as opposed to a fully fleshed out feature. The message of the book was powerful but the actual story could have been better. THEMES Acceptance | Friendship | Death | The Mark
What you can learn from living with 100 strangers. Who wants to volunteer? I understand the hesitation but there has been an interesting dynamic at play that I think is extremely applicable to every day life outside of my current surroundings. Living with 100 men, all strangers, all ages, all from different backgrounds, different socio-economic
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“Horwitz… ROLL IT UP! You’re moving.” So, “roll it up” means to get all of your belongings into a mesh bag, fold your sheet and blanket and roll up your mattress pad because you’re moving to a different area of the campus. In my case, I am moving from quarantine in E Unit to my
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Tuesday 03.15.2022 “CHOW CHOW CHOW!!” I open my eyes to see the moon fully shining through my window. Slowly get out of bed and walk into the hallway to get my tray and take it back into the room for breakfast. I asked for a spork yesterday (and got one… huge win) so no more
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Monday 03-14-2022 “CHOOOOOW TIME!” I slowly blink open my eyes and see the exterior lights shining brightly through the window just slightly left and 3ft above my head. After squinting a bit more, I can clearly see the moon hanging in the sky above the lights but my door has been unlocked, opened and it
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Terminal Island Covid Quarantine Today is Sunday… March 13, 2022. Today is the day that I will self surrender to federal prison at Terminal Island FCI. I woke up this morning like any other day but today would be the first day of the next chapter of my life. I started the day by face