Robert Melzer #1
Journal Excerpt from Robert Melzer Written 11/8/11 A good friend of mine is leaving soon. People think that we come to prison and just look for partners in crime. But the reality of it is most of us, free of substances, find the friends we never had on the streets. I can only think…
Gerald Proper, January 1, 2012
7:21 Pm Well, it has been a long day. One of the longer ones I have experienced in the last 22 New Years days. Pity? No! Realization. As I write this journal entry I am tired, mentally, physically and spiritually. I looked into the mirror today to shave and saw the dark circles that sum…
A Santa Mental Journey
A Santa Mental Journey by William Gaertner Gazing around a room I entered at 9:20 AM on Christmas Day 2009, I gave a “Ho! Ho! Ho!,” a few thumbs up, and walked to a seat in front of a cardboard fireplace by a Christmas tree that I had helped to decorate two weeks earlier. As…