Blog – While Serving Time

Welcome to my blog. The home page simply shows my most recent blogs but this page will allow you to review past blogs by date or category. At least it will when I get a few more posts on the site and we add the needed gadgets to do that.

Recent Posts

Hell’s Kitchen
February 10, 2019
The Santa Cruz chow hall isn’t quite hell’s kitchen but close- so most of us try to come up with creative ‘food choices’ as it …
Prison for Dummies Part 4 – Points and why you don’t want them
February 10, 2019
In a previous post, I talked a little about the different custody levels. When you arrive at Perryville you have a certain number of points …
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be”
February 3, 2019
Here’s something interesting I didn’t know until I got here. It’s called the ‘2 for 1’ rule. This is how it works: If you run …
Secret Santa – Wrapped Up
February 3, 2019
The Secret Santa project went pretty great- the bags we put together were amazing- stuffed full! Someone even made little individualized cards to go with …
Secret Santa at Perryville
December 11, 2018
It’s Christmas! Even those who’ve been naughty deserve something nice! The holidays are tough inside, for everyone but we organized a little surprise fr the …
Halloween at Perryville- Trick or Treat?
November 17, 2018
Well, the good news is we all had ready-made costumes- yep you guessed it! We were all dressed as orange pumpkins- which isn’t any fun …

Other “Dear Mom” Posts

Dear Mom – Aug 2018
August 31, 2018
“Mom, I know that you are probably stressed out about me being over here and away from Pie, my friends, my job and everything. But …
Dear Mom – Jul 2018
July 31, 2018
Now moved to Cruz Yard!! “There’s nothing to do here but read and sleep and it’s kinda’ starting to get me depressed, which is hard …
Dear Mom – Jun 2018
June 30, 2018
“Questions again…Which celebrity would I want to meet? Well, it’s actually a family- I would want to have dinner with the Duck Dynasty Family. They …
Dear Mom – May 2018
May 31, 2018
“Food visit was so great! I can’t wait til Father’s Day visit- I’m not going to eat for a week before! Haha. I just finished …
Dear Mom – Apr 2018
April 30, 2018
“Okay you sent these questions and here’s my answers: My favorite pastime as a child that I can remember would be either playing the piano …
Dear Mom – Mar 2018
March 31, 2018
“Mom, as usual Tiffany, Kelly and I just love your cute cards and of course I love my poems. I remembered another one- the one …
Dear Mom – Feb 2018
February 28, 2018
“I’m happy to have a job but it’s landscaping. My body is tired at the end of the day but my mind is still racing. …
Dear Mom – Jan 2018
January 31, 2018
“Just wanna’ say thanks for sending money and books. I’m very fortunate. I see what a struggle it is for the other girls who have …
Dear Mom – Dec 2017
December 31, 2017
Dad, do you remember how we used to go target shooting? Oh, and fishing? I love fishing! That’s another thing on my list for when …
Dear Mom – Nov 2017
November 30, 2017
“I’m kinda’ settling into the swing of things here. It’s been less than a month, but it feels longer. I can’t really get on a …
Dear Mom – Oct 2017
October 31, 2017
“I put in all my job applications the first hour I got here. I get assigned a yard job right off the bat, but it …
Dear Mom
October 1, 2017
This is the index and intro to one of the core categories of the website and the one that ties to the tagline of the …