A Special Bond
In the depths of darkness and despair, where hope seemed but a distant dream, there emerged a guiding…
January 7, 2024
In the depths of darkness and despair, where hope seemed but a distant dream, there emerged a guiding…
January 7, 2024
Featured Artwork: El sueño de la razón produce monstrous — Francisco Goya (c.1799) This morning I met a…
December 31, 2023
A Semi-Autobiography by Michael Braae When school let out for the summer of 1968, we moved our trailer…
December 24, 2023
Are illiterate inmates a high security risk for the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)?…
December 17, 2023
Read earlier parts of this series here. The arrow of time wobbles a bit in solitary confinement. There…
December 10, 2023
Put them in a place, a dark place, so their violence no longer destroys the innocent. And they…
December 3, 2023
A heartfelt thanks to all who inspire and conspire to make Minutes Before Six a light in the…
November 26, 2023
“So at a knockI emptied my cageTo hide in the worldAnd alter with age.”– Robert Frost, excerpt from…
November 19, 2023
Over the past year, I have worked on being more grateful. My mindset has tried to see things…
November 12, 2023
I. The knuckles of the index and middle fingers are called the ram’s head, Bobby Lee had said.…
November 5, 2023