Bob Bergeron

Auld Lang Syne I’ve never been one to celebrate the new year in the contemporary ways of sparkly outfits and dancey parties and kisses at midnight, mainly because I’ve rarely been invited to such parties or had anyone to kiss. I’m also not the type to make a list of resolutions or set goals for myself.

Reflecting on New Year’s Resolutions from Prison To be in prison is to be socially dead, removed from society. How does one aspire to a higher state of being when they are social dead? What’s the point of making New Year’s resolutions when the people we love the most can never fully trust that the change is real? When they can’t see us in the world living out our values and showing up for them in their moments of need?

The Ties that Bind “It must feel like Christmas!” This was the reaction many people had when they learned I finally set down after seven years adrift and was able to get my things out of storage late last summer.