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The quotes from Father Merton are extraordinary in this particular historical time. And of course, no question how relevant they are to your specific experience, as your post makes clear. Thank you for sharing and giving us these glimpses.
I know nothing about you, I've not looked you up and even if I did it would only tell me the police version of your story, which I do not care about. That said, I hope you will remember that the people in charge of parole processes in your state and country, and everywhere else for that matter, are full of shit. Just like me, they know nothing about you unless you tell them. Unlike me, they will never admit this obvious truth. They are too invested in their own self-righteous egos to acknowledge how little they can possibly know about you, your past, and of course about the future. Do not take them seriously. Play their game to gain release if you must, but do not let them control your mind. Arrogance often comes with power but that doesn't make either of those things right.
I'd like to help but more information may be needed. I searched for Diane, no luck. Then I searched for Steven and found one person in Kentucky with a San Diego phone number. Could that be the right one?
Please remember it's very important if you are asking for help with this sort of thing to give as much info as you can (age, city, relatives, etc), and to be sure to spell everything carefully and correctly. I don't know if you spelled this name right, but the only hits I found on two websites were for the name "Maggiora", not "Maggoria". And the former is a much more common formation in Italian names, whereas the latter, your spelling, is not familiar to me at all. This is not a criticism. I want to help. If you think what I've found is a plausible lead please let me know. I will dig further if you can give me more to work with. Be well.
Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post.
Sorry to seem like a nitpick, but sometimes the fancy lettering makes it very hard to read. It seems the person who attempted to transcribe this before me gave up from an illegible word. I also could not make out the word, but I hope you don't mind that I skipped ahead and finished the transcription without the final line of the second Haiku. Be well.
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The quotes from Father Merton are extraordinary in this particular historical time. And of course, no question how relevant they are to your specific experience, as your post makes clear. Thank you for sharing and giving us these glimpses.
Merry Christmas!
Please remember it's very important if you are asking for help with this sort of thing to give as much info as you can (age, city, relatives, etc), and to be sure to spell everything carefully and correctly. I don't know if you spelled this name right, but the only hits I found on two websites were for the name "Maggiora", not "Maggoria". And the former is a much more common formation in Italian names, whereas the latter, your spelling, is not familiar to me at all.
This is not a criticism. I want to help. If you think what I've found is a plausible lead please let me know. I will dig further if you can give me more to work with.
Be well.
Sorry to seem like a nitpick, but sometimes the fancy lettering makes it very hard to read. It seems the person who attempted to transcribe this before me gave up from an illegible word. I also could not make out the word, but I hope you don't mind that I skipped ahead and finished the transcription without the final line of the second Haiku.
Be well.
Do you have any more poetry or other things to tell us? People are listening!
Adding a little humour to a sometimes overserious blogsite. Good idea! Stay with it.