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Texas Death Row News – July 14th 2019
“Simply seek happiness and you are not likely to find it, seek to create and love without regard for your happiness and you are likely to be happy much of the time.” ~—M. Scott Peck. when I was young man and imagined happiness, I could not comprehend that it could be found in a place ... Read More
Texas Death Row News – June 29th, 2019
“Being deeply loved by someone give you strength, while loving someone gives you courage.” -—Lao Tzu. On January 11, 2016, while sitting in my cell on Texas death row, I received a letter from my old appeal attorney informing me that the state of Texas had prevailed in having an execution date set for my ... Read More
Texas Death Row News – May 26th, 2019.
“Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard at least occasionally.”—-Thomas Merton. Once again it is summer time in south east Texas, where Polunsky Unit, Texas death row is located. ... Read More
Texas Death Row News – May 11th 2019
“when you get into a tight place and everything goes against you ‘till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.” Harriet Beecher Stowe. As I sit in my cell on Texas death row ... Read More
Texas Death Row News – April 27th 2019
TEXAS DEATH ROW NEWS APRIL 27, 2019. “Accept — then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. This will miraculously transform your whole life.” ——Eckhart Tolle. Texas death row is a mad house in the best of time but here recently ... Read More
Texas Death Row News – April 13th 2019
Texas Death Row News – April 13th 2019 “Subversive Joy is the ability to transform tears into laughter, a laughter that allows one to acknowledge just how difficult the journey is, and to delight in one’s own sense of humanity and humour in the midst of this very serious struggle.” This is true freedom of ... Read More
Texas Death Row News – March 30th, 2019.
“In the end, your life will be measured not by what you have. It will be measured by the fruit you bear and the life you live. It will be measured by the kind of love you really have.” -—Dr. Bornel west. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to be overwhelmed with a ... Read More
Tribute to Lily
Saturday March 16, 2019. « How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. » –Winnie the Pooh, By A.A. Milne On October 31, 1969, I was born in Big Springs, TX, the youngest of six children, my parents, Carter and Lily Flores would have. By the time I was ten years ... Read More
Journal – February 21st 2019
Thursday February 14th 2019. Once again I have found my pen and write. My cell is on the second floor, what we call “two-row” and I am directly over the day room. This building is constructed of solid cement. The walls, floor, ceiling. And sound bounces, carries echoes off the walls. Most of the time ... Read More
Texas Death Row News – February 17th, 2019.
“Peace is all around us – in the world and in nature – and within us – In our bodies, and our spirits. Once we learn to touch this peace, we will be transformed. It is not a matter of faith; it is a matter of practice.” –Thich Nhat Hanh. For the past ten years ... Read More