I had such a wonderful holiday this year. To be honest, it was all about the baby and for the first time in my life I was not put off by the  mostly fake atmosphere of the holidays. I used to hate the holidays while I was inside prison as they held such potent reminders of each family gathering I missed out on. But this year was so full of really great gifts for me and my family. I was spoiled by Karen and did likewise for her, but more than that I saw the seeds of my own family growing here. I watched the baby playing with the wrappers and bows and thought about Lara at nearly two years old next Christmas playing with her  actual gifts and being the light of all the family around her as she delights in her gifts.

 Over the past year I have been able to notice that the world I live in has been slowing down for me more and more. I can relax a bit more  inside as I play with the baby and teach her things each day as a full time father now that Karen is back to work. I love reading to her and making films for family members of the baby with my camera. The first steps to the life I dreamed of are coming true. Now I have to finish writing this book and get it out there.

Thanks for being patient with me world. I wanted more than anything to write this book myself all along. I nearly sold out and let a ghost writer write this book for me. I let too many people tell me that I was not capable of writing this book and I nearly signed a deal to let a very prominent ghost writer do just that. But now that I have signed on with a very good literary agent, I have the chance to write this story of my life on my own and be taken seriously as a writer as well as tell this story in my own words.

I know a lot of new traffic will come to this website from "After Innocence" being shown on television here this January. I hope to be writing and presenting my own documentary about Walter Ogrod and Ernie Simmons as it is my desire to present as well as write professionally.

I wish everyone all the best in 2007 and will write more and more as the year progresses.