I try not to live too much in the past...and the future is forever changing, so it does no good to look too far ahead. I like to live in the here and now...and if that ever gets too dull, well a nap usually solves that problem. :)
Naps solve a lot of problems.
The only exception I make to that rule above is that I enjoy writing about the past...specifically, mine. Its a form of redemption that some would mislabel as "cathartic" I don't write for me. I've already run the story over and over in my own head several times before committing it to text. The challenge now is to describe it...to build a seamless world of words and draw a reader in so that they see what I saw...feel what I felt...and then take it one step further. I want to put that past to good use, polish it up and relate it to a current event.
For example...I might point something out to you and say, "This is shit. It may be bad shit, funny shit or extremely wierd shit...but it's still essentially...shit."
But by the time I'm done playing around with it...compressing it, shaping it and polishing it....voila....a diamond! You can't really do this with fresh shit, by the way...it has to be old shit. It's that whole lemon/lemonade thing...but anyone can make lemons into lemonade...that's too easy. It takes a lot more work to produce a diamond from a bunch of shit.
:)
By the way...do they censor these letters?
Anyway...I think I'm pretty close to my 3000 character limit so I'd better hit the "Send Reply button.
Hey Angel, Read your profile.. u sound firme.I myself just got out of prison here in Texas last week!So I know how it is my name is Sabrina Ruiz,they call me La Green Eyes I'm 31. Give me a holla if u feel it.2312 W.Sycamore Dr. Odessa,TX
Just started reading your blog... found it quite randomly actually. My name is Jessica and I live in Jacksonville, Florida. Your posts are quite interesting, just wondering tho, how long you have been in prison for so far? Hope all is well your way!
Hi its your nephew Michael! You can email me at mlreeves3333@yahoo.com My Mom, Christina Basso is in the hospital at indiana university hospital. Contact me asap if u can
Hello Joe, So good to read your blog again. I think it is amazing that you are able to have this opportunity to write and receive a response to it. We can count that as a blessing for sure. I know exactly what you mean about your little grandboy Joseph. Nothing like the pure love they share with us. I saw his picture the other day and my goodness he is such a cutie pie. We had our grandboy last weekend, he is almost 4 and just fun...joy to our hearts. The week before we had our grandgirl she is 8yrs now and she went to our Vacation Bible School. I try to get Ella one weekend a month, Alex one weekend a month both of them together one weekend then I take a week off to rest !!!!! That gives their parents some one on one time with each of them and also a weekend without kids also. It has worked out well. I am looking forward to spending the weekend with your Mom in a couple of weeks..Nothing like lifelong friendships, so thankful the Lord put me in the group of Prayer Sisters.
We continue to pray for you Joe, and know that we care... God Bless, Jan Wilkinson
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Naps solve a lot of problems.
The only exception I make to that rule above is that I enjoy writing about the past...specifically, mine. Its a form of redemption that some would mislabel as "cathartic" I don't write for me. I've already run the story over and over in my own head several times before committing it to text. The challenge now is to describe it...to build a seamless world of words and draw a reader in so that they see what I saw...feel what I felt...and then take it one step further. I want to put that past to good use, polish it up and relate it to a current event.
For example...I might point something out to you and say, "This is shit. It may be bad shit, funny shit or extremely wierd shit...but it's still essentially...shit."
But by the time I'm done playing around with it...compressing it, shaping it and polishing it....voila....a diamond! You can't really do this with fresh shit, by the way...it has to be old shit. It's that whole lemon/lemonade thing...but anyone can make lemons into lemonade...that's too easy. It takes a lot more work to produce a diamond from a bunch of shit.
:)
By the way...do they censor these letters?
Anyway...I think I'm pretty close to my 3000 character limit so I'd better hit the "Send Reply button.
My Mom, Christina Basso is in the hospital at indiana university hospital. Contact me asap if u can
So good to read your blog again. I think it is amazing that you are able to have this opportunity to write and receive a response to it. We can count that as a blessing for sure.
I know exactly what you mean about your little grandboy Joseph. Nothing like the pure love they share with us. I saw his picture the other day and my goodness he is such a cutie pie.
We had our grandboy last weekend, he is almost 4 and just fun...joy to our hearts. The week before we had our grandgirl she is 8yrs now and she went to our Vacation Bible School. I try to get Ella one weekend a month, Alex one weekend a month both of them together one weekend then I take a week off to rest !!!!! That gives their parents some one on one time with each of them and also a weekend without kids also. It has worked out well.
I am looking forward to spending the weekend with your Mom in a couple of weeks..Nothing like lifelong friendships, so thankful the Lord put me in the group of Prayer Sisters.
We continue to pray for you Joe, and know that we care...
God Bless,
Jan Wilkinson