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Father’s Day 2019
AUTHOR’S NOTE: What follows are 2 posts-from-the-past, The first, was written by my Son, Anthony, just a couple of months after I entered prison in 2010. The second was written by me, 3 years later. Anthony spent a couple of … Continue reading →
Recycling An Opportunity
AUTHOR’s NOTE: This post originally appeared here in “The Oakdale Chronicles” on January 21, 2013. I was about midway through my incarceration at the Federal Correctional Institution at Oakdale, LA, and had joined a public speaking group many of you … Continue reading →
Don’t Touch the Stove (The ‘lost’ post)
By Tony Casson (AUTHOR’S NOTE: I found a draft of this post originally begun in November of 2012 by my beloved son, Anthony, from the chicken scratching I sent him. For some reason probably related to the fact he was … Continue reading →
Evil Is Seductive
(Author’s Note: What follows was originally posted in 5 parts here in The Oakdale Chronicles very early on during my incarceration. It is the story of my attempted suicide and the week that followed while I was kept in a … Continue reading →
Do you really want to reform our prisons?
The following is something I posted on Medium.com recently: No dialogue on prison reform is complete without a serious look at the profit incentives found in the privatization of many of this nation’s prisons, both federal and state. I will … Continue reading →
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Tag Archives: overcoming fear
September 8
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to hold on for the last half hour. “So they said to one another, ‘Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.’” Numbers 14:4 NASB Someone said, “The greatest challenge in receiving great things … Continue reading
September 8
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to hold on for the last half hour. “So they said to one another, ‘Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.’” Numbers 14:4 NASB Someone said, “The greatest challenge in receiving great things … Continue reading
August 24
TODAY IS… a fantastic day to accept the possibility of success. “I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 KJV What great thing are we not attempting to do because there … Continue reading
July 29
Today is… an awesome day to say “I love You, Lord!” “I love You, O Lord, my strength.” Psalm 18:1 NASB And then there were the times when David got it perfect from the beginning. The entirety of Psalm 18 … Continue reading
