Chicken Coop Time!
I finally pulled the trigger and purchased a chicken coop kit from Tractor Supply! Here's how it went putting it together.
Melanie McDonough
Peace, Be Still
This is a poem I wrote while I was in prison and facing a particularly difficult moment. I wrote it over the course of two days. The first day I was despairing but on the second day, I had found peace. The context is Mark 1: 35-41.
Analysis of “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
It was there, in my prison cell, reading his words, that I came to understand one of the most horrifying yet fundamental truths of America: however mistreated or underprivileged, whatever injustice I encountered, it was nothing against the backdrop of the Black American experience.
Unremembered Memories
Even though it was the single most important event of my life, I have no memory of it so I am forced to rely upon the memories of others.
Leap Day and Prison
The last day of my incarceration in the NH State Prison for Women was three leap years ago.