Sondra in a Thai prisonOctober 21, 2006 11:43 pm

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mailboxesI just received another letter from Sondra and she is SURPRISED. She is receiving your letters and is sharing your inspirational words with other women (6,000 in the prison). A man from New Mexico said that he’d be in Thailand in January and has offered to bring her books. My friend, Ellen, has sent her some of poetry. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart. buddha

If you send out holiday cards, please consider sending her one. Or perhaps a postcard from your local area. Or a newspaper clipping. Or an inspirational quote.

Sondra Davis, Central Women’s Correctional Inst., 33/3 Ngamwangwan Rd., Lad Yao, Chatajak, Bangkok, Thailand, 10900

(Cost for 1st class letter in US: $84 cents)peacock
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GeneralOctober 15, 2006 10:31 pm

An evening walk

When I don’t get my morning walk in, I try to snatch a 30 or 40 minute stroll around the neighborhood.sunset  clouds Tricky these days because Tucson has a huge outbreak of the Nile virus so I need to remember to cover myself in mosquito repellant. I try to take the camera. I’m often disappointed because the photos are so far from what I hope they’ll be. windowBut I have a lot of fun … and the new magazine out of Phoenix – AZ 3 Sixty – www.az3sixty.com published 2 of my photos in their July/Aug 06 issue. And I received my 2 complimentary copies of Oregon East - www3.eou.edu -which has published one of my poems. grasshopper

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General, Sondra in a Thai prisonOctober 6, 2006 12:15 am

Letter from Sondra in Thai Prison

turtleI just received a letter written in July answering my letter of May. It is a slow process. I had sent her a visual meditation wheel and she tells me that she is "working hard on trying not to react to everything that happens, not to take the ups and downs to personally". flower

Recently the King gave "(amnesty) off the sentences of drug cases. I received 5 years + the 4 I’ve done, only 21 more years. The Princess made a visit to the prison. She gave money to build the library, outside is a sign, saying among other "facts" there are 9, 861 books in the library. I counted the English books, 51.Many I donated myself. There were a few more but the library was cleaned up. Many English books were ? We suspect sold. Outside the library is posted a sign with the women who have read the most, out of 50 women; I am the only foreigner at #14. This does not count the books my friends and I share around. 89 books this year. flower 4

If anyone is going to Thailand and wants to visit Sondra, please go to the US embassy and they will give her a pass to visit her in the Embassy Room at the prison. "There is no waiting, the room is air conditioned and the visits are 1 hour. The other room has 1 1/2 hour wait for 20 minutes and it’s outside for the visitors. Everyone yells and it’s not nice."

Thank you all again for sending prayers and thoughts to Sondra. If you want to write her, please do: flower 5

Sondra Davis, Central Women’s Correctional Inst., 33/3 Ngamwangwan Rd., Lad Yao, Chatajak, Bangkok, Thailand, 10900 (Cost for 1st class letter: $84 cents)

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GeneralOctober 1, 2006 10:03 pm

It’s the Little Things

Being home again has reminded me of so many things … like being with your houseplants which have missed you and seeing what garden bugs bugare singing by the front door and just noticing the local birds (Curved Billed Thrasher) whose cry stills my heart and asks me to close my eyes … my desk … my bed … my kitchen … my shower … after 3 months on the road, leaving my toothbrush in one place seems so comforting. Phoenix flowerAND … today we booked flights to Massachusetts for Christmas … and my heart leapt with joy thinking about being with family again.

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