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Saturday, May 24, 2014

From Dragonfly: As the Weekend Starts

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I am finding myself very reflective right now. People are going about their typical daily business, as am I, but I find myself spending more...
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From Dragonfly: The Embarrassment of Leaving

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Okay, I won't exactly call it "embarrassment," but sharing with folks doesn't seem right. There are people here, good peop...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

From Dragonfly: Smile

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"I'm coming home, I'm coming home, tell the world..." Yep, still singing the jingle!! Actually, with a big smile on my fac...

From Dragonfly: Prepared to Walk

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Six days and a wake-up and I do not have my travel plans. That's okay, though, because I am prepared to walk home. Why else have I been ...

From Dragonfly: I'm Going Home!!!

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I keep singing in my head, "I'm going home, I'm going home, tell the world I'm coming home..." It's a catchy toon ...

From Dragonfly: Pics

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This weekend, I dressed in pants, a t-shirt, and did my hair. Friends dressed in their pants, some in their nicely ironed ones, did their ma...

From Dragonfly: Uncertainties

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As I've said before, there are never any certainties when it comes to prison. Get the idea of control out of your head. Things change la...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

From Dragonfly: Letters and Cards

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The other day I wrote about purging things out of my locker. Well, I threw away a small pile of papers and everything else made it's way...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

From Dragonfly: Purgatory

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Purgatory is about being in that halfway place (right??). Well, that is where I am right now. It is 11 days and a wake up before I am suppos...

From Dragonfly: Cleaning House

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I'm a pack rat. I've always been a pack rat, someone who hates throwing something away, thinking, "I just may want this someday...

From Dragonfly: The Klutz

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I've been a bit of a klutz throughout life. I once attended a cardboard boat regatta, slipped on some mud, and slid my way to the edge o...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

From Dragonfly: The Cheesy Poem Writer

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I'd love for this to be about someone else, but alas, it is not. I am officially the "cheesy poem writer." Sometime in my yout...

From Dragonfly: A New Hoop

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Okay, I promised NOT to write about when I'm getting out of prison, yet here I am, writing about it AGAIN... truth be told, it's rea...

From Dragonfly: The Set Up

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Yesterday afternoon, I am playing Canasta with Mama and some other friends, when a case manager (not my own) walks by and says, "[NAME]...

From Dragonfly: Not My Best Person

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Let's face it, prison does NOT bring the best out. Lately, I've struggled with moodiness, anger, boredom, loneliness, selfishness, f...

From Dragonfly: The Worst Consequences

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Some people might think that the worst consequence of my gambling addiction/crime is being here, in Carswell. Prison is hard. Very, very har...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

From Dragonfly: Everybody's Got Something

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While incarcerated, I've read more books than ever before in my life. I've read great mysteries, biographies, romance, historical no...

From Dragonfly: Mother's Day Weekend

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As a woman's prison, mother's day weekend can be both sobering and filled with happiness. From the young 18 year olds, to the 80 yea...

From Dragonfly: Days Like Yesterday

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It's inevitable when you are in prison. Some days will just be bad days. There's no one thing that particularly made yesterday bad. ...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

From Dragonfly: Out Date Update

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Okay, I have some news - nothing definite for sure - but it's progress. Yesterday, my case manager and I finally reached someone at the ...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

From Dragonfly: Hump Day

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Today is Lola's husband's open heart surgery. If she were still here, I would be able to comfort her, as she waits for news of how h...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

From Dragonfly: Better News

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I'll start with my father - they believe the cancer is a spread of his bladder cancer from a year ago. I don't understand why they d...
Monday, May 5, 2014

From Dragonfly: Don't Blink

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(Yes Cache, the subject is meant for you!!). Also, the subject is quite appropriate for my day. Last night, we discovered that Chi was being...
Sunday, May 4, 2014

From Dragonfly: Carswell Tan

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It is not allowed at our facility to "sun bathe." The sun is not always our friend - there are people dying here due to skin cance...

From Dragonfly: Special Olympics

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This weekend features the Special Olympics of Carswell. About fifty participants, all in wheelchairs, are participating in a variety of chal...

From Dragonfly: Starting Over

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Today, we officially know that I am not in the system, yet, for heading home. It appears that neither region knows anything about my paperwo...
Friday, May 2, 2014

From Dragonfly: The Smiles and Frowns

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Every day, as I sit outside my case manager's office, I see the women enter and leave her office. We all just want to get out of here - ...
Thursday, May 1, 2014

From Dragonfly: Sore from One End to the Other

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When I was on the outside, I was told that I should exercise, even if it hurts. Since everything hurts, the docs recommended walking and swi...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

From Dragonfly: The Game Never Ends

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Sometimes, once you've jumped through so many "hoops," you think, okay, that's it, I'm done... The game never ends, th...
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