Step Into the Light January 5, 2023 By Steven Walks On The Grass I wasn’t really sure what I was going to write about this week until this week. I had a wonderful New Year weekend. On Sunday I was blessed and honored by an old friend and his wife. As most of you alreadyContinue reading “Gifts”
Category Archives: A, YA, NA Non-fiction
What a World
Step Into the Light December 29, 2022 By Steven Walks On The Grass Well, another installment in the never-ending saga of what the hell are these people thinking? Once again I am out of the long-acting insulin. I’ve been telling them for 3 weeks that I need more insulin. They say they will take careContinue reading “What a World”
BRRRR
Step Into the Light December 23, 2022 By Stephen Walks On The Grass Well here we are again my friends. Another week is almost gone and this one is particularly fortuitous simply because it’s Christmas time. Christmas Eve is tomorrow and I’m spending it with my family. Here where I am now, in Springfield, Illinois,Continue reading “BRRRR”
TURMOIL
Step Into the Light December 15, 2022 By Steven Walks On The Grass Well here we are again. Another week has gone by with all sorts of frolicking activities; this place is just insane. Let me relate what I’m talking about. At the beginning of this week a guy upstairs, a BOP inmate, had $600Continue reading “TURMOIL”
It’s Not a Secret Anymore
Step Into the Light December 8, 2022 By Steven Walks On The Grass Well there are some things that need to be said. The first one is yesterday I went out to the college and learned how to log into a computer. My tutor taught me how to get to the needed site, where myContinue reading “It’s Not a Secret Anymore”
Forward Momentum
Step Into the Light November 30, 2022 By Steven Walks On The Grass Well hello again. November has been one hell of a month and a lot has gone on for me. It started with a bang with these people running out of my insulin. The obvious results of that fiasco you can see ifContinue reading “Forward Momentum”
Thanksgiving Truth
Step Into The Light November 24, 2022 By Steven Walks On The Grass My earliest memories of this day are being in school. I might have been six or seven years old and the teacher had us all draw turkeys. What we did was lay our little fat pudgy kid hands on paper and traceContinue reading “Thanksgiving Truth”
Giving Thanks
Step Into The Light November 17, 2022 By Steven Walks On The Grass Family. They say you can’t pick your family. I don’t know if that’s absolutely true; sometimes your family picks you. I know that recently I’ve gone through some real serious events and those that reacted with words of compassion and anger againstContinue reading “Giving Thanks”
Who Cares?
Step Into The Light November 12, 2022 By Steven Walks On The Grass I’ve been going through it here at this place, we all know that, but the last few days have been over the top. For the second time since I’ve been here they ran out of my long-acting insulin. I take two kinds,Continue reading “Who Cares?”
True Names
By Edna Peirce Dixon When I was growing up, I thought my name, Edna, was the ugliest name in the world. I wondered why my parents couldn’t have given me a pretty name. It sounds so harsh at best, and with me being me, from the tone frequently heard, Edna rang in my young earsContinue reading “True Names”
Journeys of the Spirit 