Most of my hobbies are things that are meant to be done alone. Like birding, or reading, or working out. I guess I do those things with other people sometimes, but not as often as I do them by myself. Except for working out, my hobbies are also pretty sedentary, which isn't ideal for me ( Read more... )

Summer is officially here and everyone is feeling it. Everyone has behaviors that help them cope with the heat. When I was a kid, I'd get up in the middle of the night and wet a washcloth in the sink. Then I'd take it back to bed and and lay it on my pillow. I remember in the morning my mama would be mad I'd gotten my pillow wet, but it was ( Read more... )

(Backdated to sometime in March)

( pro bono work )

When I leave the prison for a hospital visit, a guard escorts me. This time it was a guard I'd had before, which was nice, because we could catch up on the things we talked about last time he escorted me. His name is Andre. He has two kids, brothers - so we talk about them a lot ( Read more... )

When I decided to do this I meant to do it more often than once a week. But I'm just getting started keeping a journal, and I think I'll get the hang of it. It's been good to finally meet the people around me - I hope I'll get a chance to see more of everyone in person ( Read more... )

Moe wrote a few weeks ago saying he'd be in town with the show. He knows he's always welcome - I wrote back and said I'd like to see him if he had time, but it was kind of a surprise when he just showed up. I know Moe likes to be surprising though, so that's fine ( Read more... )

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( that daring young man on the flying trapeze )