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pulling the jail card
I am refreshed when an incarcerated woman accepts her imprisonment as a needed ‘time-out’ from a chaotic life gone off the rails. A chance to stop the drug-use fueling the crime. An opportunity to...
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i am waiting for me
One of the most anticipated moments in each inside writing circle comes near the end, just before the final chime signals the close. It is the moment when one of the 14-plus women around the circle...
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ocean of mercy
When life seems circuitous, random and potentially unpredictable, I remember this invocation by TD, one of our very first writinginsideVT participants. (She’s still in the writing circle, soon to be...
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letters to self
I am jazzed when an incarcerated woman gets really honest with herself in the circle. ..when she writes openly about the seamier side of life as an addict or hustler before imprisonment and names the...
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when the only way is up
In general, the thought of entering prison is a total downer. It is not the place of rehabilitation or encouragement that could actually ameliorate deep-seated addictions. Addictions to substances, to...
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