Monday, December 15, 2025

FRIENDS

Pen Pal’ing is for Winners by Christopher Mask

When I first started this in 2001 I had no idea what would come of it. Starting out with one pen pal, then rising to several pen pals...

Friendships Are Vital to Our Health by Christopher Mask

Friendship can mean two different things to us. One, for instance, is to just have a little in common with someone else. ...

An Alchemist’s Transformation: Pain Into Purpose by Brett Edward Avila

I was terrified and shocked when I arrived at Nebraska State Penitentiary. I had heard it described as "fight club" and a "24-hour...

Looking for Friendship by Andrew Massoneau

Coping with incarceration is a difficult task made harder by losing the people that once had your back. Even though I am surrounded by people all of the time, true friendships are hard to come by. I'm a lover of the great outdoors and while the facility is surrounded by trees, they are just out of reach.

Showing Love and Respect to the Genuine Loyal Friends, by Melvin Shaw

there are so many good people out there in the world. you have to search high and low for them if you want a...

Adventures in Camp Prisoney Land: Queen for a Day, by Catherine LaFleur

It's an intense game and I am not in the same league as the best players here in Camp Prisoney Land. You have to...

Simple Things, by Josh Blount

I was talking to a buddy while we were waiting for chapel a couple of days ago. We got on the subject how chapel...

Adventures in Camp Prisoney Land: I am a Vanilla Latte Princess with a Seaweed Spine, by Catherine LaFleur

There is magic in the air at Camp Prisoney Land. The happiest prison on earth contains an aura brought on by Art Spring, a...

Adventures in Camp Prisoney Land: A Rose by Any Other Name, by Catherine LaFleur

I have a problem with names. It must be genetic. Growing up, my parents called me by each other's names, Allen or Virginia......and by...

FOUNDATIONS, by Sean Brown

Any Relationship built on "Memory Lane" cannot last. That's an unstable & unreliable foundation unable to withstand the storms, earthquakes, & turmoil every Relationship...

FRIENDSHIP, by Archie Wilder

That is a term that a lot of people use lightly. It so strange that most (not all) of my close friendships are with...