... WE HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING FEAST WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. YESTERDAY WAS A BLUR, IT ALWAYS TAKES DAYS TO PREP THE MEAL AND THEN ONCE THE DAY ARRIVES, IT GOES BY ALL TO QUICKLY. BUT THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS AND MY FIRST HOMEMADE APPLE PIE WAS DELICIOUS !! NOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THE LEFTOVERS !!! TURKEY/STUFFING SANDWICHES TOPPED WITH FRESH CRANBERRY SAUCE IS ALWAYS A HIT OR TURKEY POT PIE. PEOPLE WILL BE OUT TODAY OR ONLINE DOING THEIR BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING. I NEVER GOT INTO THE FRENZY WITH BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING, I PREFERRED TO GO HUNTING IN WOODS WITH THE FELLAS. STERLING IS DOING WELL AND WE ARE JUST WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM IS ATTORNEY ON SCHEDULIGN HIS NEXT COURT DATE. SIMILAR INMATES THAT ARE GOING BACK TO COURT ON RESENTENCING UNDER THE MILLER FIX ARE SET FOR A SPRING COURT DATE, SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HOPING FOR. IN EARLY DECEMBER, RACHAEL SEEVERS WILL BE VISITING STAFFORD CREEK IMU TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE INMATES AND THEIR IDEAS ON IMU REFORM. THE SECOND ZOOM MEETING WAS PRODUCTIVE, NOT AS MANY ATTENDED BUT THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE POWER TO PUSH THIS THROUGH WERE THERE AND HAD SOME ADDITIONAL IDEAS FOR THE LANGUAGE OF THE BILL. I AM SIPPING MY COFFEE WATCHING THE NEWS JUST TO LEARN ABOUT A NEW STRAIN OF COVID IN SOUTH AFRICA THAT IS VERY CONCERNCING AND THE WHO ORGANIZATION ARE MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS NEW VARIANT AND THE CONCERN IS THIS VARIANT CAN HAVE IMMUNE EVASION AND IS VERY CONTAGIOUS... JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. CURRENTLY COVID CASES ARE DRASTICALLY RISING IN MICHINGAN AND OHIO. I AM STILL ON THE FENCE ABOUT THE BOOSTER AND HAVE NOT MADE UP MY MIND. SEVERAL OF MY FAMILIES ARE POSITIVE FOR COVID AND I HAVE TESTED MYSELF AND LUCKILKY SO FAR I AM NEGATIVE. OTHER HEADLINING NEWS, CRIME IN CALIFORNIA HAVE DRAMATICALLY SPIKED, "SMASH AND GRAB" CRIMES ARE QUICKLY ON THE RISE AND MAJOR STORE CHAINS ARE CLOSING IN THE AREAS DUE TO THE CONCERNS. MEANWHILE , BAIL REFORM IS A VERY HOT DEBATE DUE TO THE RECENT TRAGEDY IN WISCONSIN AND PEOPLE ARE PISSED THAT A CRIMINAL WAS GIVEN SUCH A LOW BOND WITH HIS EXTENSIVE, VIOLENT CRIMINAL HISTORY AND NOW SEVERAL ARE DEAD BY HIS HANDS. THIS MAY AFFECT THE WILLINGNESS FOR JUDGES TO RELEASE CRIMINALS BACK TO THE STREETS ON MINIMAL BONDS DUE TO INCREASE IN CRIME AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE WEATHER IS COLD AND RAINY/SNOWY HERE, I THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD DAY TO BRING OUT THE YULE DECORATIONS AND GO PICK OUT A FRESH TREE. EVERYONE STAY WELL AND SAFE AND RECOVER FROM YOUR FOOD COMAS !!