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  • Congratulations!
    on Graduation by Edwin J. Hutchison July 3, 2016
  • I hope your daughter is okay. She sounds too young (emotionally and mentally) to be a mother. If she goes through with it, the pain of childbirth will be pretty hard on her too. Maybe you could ask your son or some old friends to help her out?
    on Tragedy And Graduation, 2 Stories, 1 Of Rape, The Other Of Honor by Robert Pezzeca July 11, 2016
  • Wow, that was unnecessarily cruel. They could have at least given you an explanation for the earlier dismissals. It's bad enough that you have to split your funds and go through so much tape in the first place. It's worrying to think that many others could have gone through the ...
    on Wisconsin Prison Litigation Reform Act by Harlan Richards July 22, 2016
  • According to the show's website: The Ellen DeGeneres Show PO Box 7788 Burbank, CA 91522 ATTN: Fan Mail Best of luck!
    on Ellen Degeneris Show by Donny Welch Aug. 3, 2016
  • Never been to Cleveland or been a parent, so I can't claim to know how to help. But there are two organizations that help young mothers in the area: Mom's First and YoungLives. There's always PlannedParenthood too. Maybe you or your brother could write to them to ask for help? ...
    on Comment Response by Robert Pezzeca Aug. 4, 2016
  • Some other organizations that might help you. I'm including the phone numbers too with the mailing addresses. The National Center for Fathering is the same organization that hosts WATCH D.O.G.S., but I think they're more open to providing parenting tips. National Center for Fathering 1600 West Sunset Ave., Ste B ...
    on Comment Response by Robert Pezzeca Aug. 31, 2016
  • This is written with the assumption that scientists of all studies gained power and kept it secret. This can't be further from the truth. * Galileo Galilei * Moses Harris * Thaddeus William Harris * Alice Eastwood * Marija Šimanska * Henrietta Swan Leavitt These people and many more tried ...
    on Redemption, Ltr 117 by Ray Jones Sept. 10, 2016
  • Like you already said, hashtags are things that make exact words stick out in social media search engines. If you want a layman's explanation, you can think of a hashtag (#followedbywhatever) as a type of label. But that wouldn't be right to leave it just as that, so here we ...
    on Hashtag #Huh? by Dymitri Haraszewski Oct. 13, 2016
  • That's disgusting about the food in there. That's something you hear about and think only happens in the movies. It's sad that that's not the case. Neat to see there's people behind the bars who know about NaNoWriMo too. Hope the novel group stays motivated and dedicated to their daily ...
    on Birthday Causerie by Johnny E. Mahaffey Oct. 30, 2016
  • I'm glad that you were able to reunite with your daughter in some way. Hope you two can reconnect and make up for lost time. Us humans often have a knee-jerk reaction to the things or events we experience. No surprise really, since it's a part of our primitive survival ...
    on Comment Response by Robert Pezzeca Oct. 30, 2016
  • To be fair, Hillary did win the popular vote (the number that the average Joe voted). You can thank Article Two of the Constitution and the Electoral College for Trump's presidential seat. So please don't fall into the wayside of thinking that everybody in America agreed with this; it's the ...
    on Absolutely Stunning! by Perrie Thompson Nov. 22, 2016
  • I haven't commented before, but I have been transcribing many of your posts over the last five or so months. From the present to the past from many years ago. I wanted to say that I really admire your compassion and humanity. It's raw and refreshing wisdom that comes from ...
    on Happy New Year by Jennifer Johnson Jan. 11, 2017
  • I'm sorry to hear that you have had it rough. Even those in the "outside world" can relate to you having this terrible funk for the start of this year. Especially over whatever President Trump and his administration are doing to ruthlessly censor anything opposing their view. So much narrow-mindedness ...
    on Dear Readers (1/26/17) by Kelly Jones Feb. 1, 2017
  • Actually, you'd weigh 84 kilograms. One metric kilogram is about 2.2 pounds. As a grown adult, I don't think you'd want to be 9.2 kilograms (20 lbs). Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the world, Wolf. Hope you have a good day.
    on Weights and Measures by Kyle De Wolf March 10, 2017
  • That's great news that you'll be able to get out soon on California's new prison laws. Congrats! I hope that everything goes smoothly on the legal end for you and your loved ones.
    on A Reminder Of Who Are Our Real Enemy? by Edwin J. Hutchison March 20, 2017
  • This letter is old and I don't know if you're still in prison or not, but I hope you and your daughter still keep in touch. It's nice that you have someone out there who cares for you. It's sad that it happened when your mother died though. Wherever you ...
    on Untitled by Lorenso Gomez Jr March 22, 2017
  • Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post.
    on Homegrown Democrat - Garrison Keillor by Kyle De Wolf April 1, 2017
  • Congrats on trying to get an education with the help of others. I hope you'll be able to keep learning, even after you finish this course. From one stranger to another, I'm proud of you and I hope you get exonerated too.
    on Importance Of Education by Daniel Gwynn April 2, 2017
  • Wonderful illustration that makes nice use of negative spacing. I really like your color choices. Thanks for sharing!
    on Artwork by James Riva April 11, 2017
  • Congratulations on the good evaluation. That's great news for you.
    on D.O.C. Letter by Edwin J. Hutchison April 21, 2017
  • Only a few more months left? Wow! :) I hope you get out on time. We need more lovely trans people in the world, and you sound fabulous after everything you've been through. I was reading and transcribing some of your older posts, and I admire the resilience you've made ...
    on Dear Readers by Darrel (Terra) O'Key June 3, 2017
  • Paul, have you read any of these books: Locking Up Our Own, The Death of Innocents by Sister Helen Prejean, The New Jim Crow, or Doing Time Like a Spy? There is a bias against people who speak out against the system and by those running it. To suggest otherwise ...
    on Failures Too Great To Ignore by Timothy J. Muise June 19, 2017
  • I know this is dated back in 2015, but if you still want to try getting your writing published somewhere, this is an ongoing annual contest you could try entering: ANNUAL PRISON WRITING CONTEST PEN American Center sponsors an annual writing contest for prisoners. Anyone incarcerated in a federal, state, ...
    on Begging For Help by Donny Welch July 27, 2017
  • I'm so sorry about your momma, and I'm sorry that your dad isn't getting better. At least you have these good memories with her. It wasn't all bad, right? It doesn't help with the loss, I know. But I hope you will always treasure them to keep her alive in ...
    on In Memory of My Mom, Beverly Jean Brown by Robert Pezzeca Aug. 27, 2017
  • That's great news that you found a halfway house already. You can do this last year! If you can, try to get in touch with Benny Lee of National Alliance for the Empowerment of the Formerly Incarcerated (NAEFI). NAEFI is a non-profit that promotes a healthy transition into society through ...
    on A Year To Go by Allan Lummus Sept. 12, 2017
  • While I'm with you somewhat on the curiosity of celebrating 9/11, I'm disagreeing with you on celebrating May Day. That's like celebrating the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to me. The scale of death are completely different between these two events, but it would still be celebrating death in the ...
    on Why Do We Celebrate 9/11? by Harlan Richards Sept. 16, 2017
  • Nice that you're getting out soon. Congrats! These poems kinda reminds me of Nikki Giovanni's more somber works, which is not too frequent. They're depressing, but there's a simple style in them that I like.
    on Poems by Roland F. Stoecker Jr Feb. 6, 2018
  • Don't forget the Freedom Riders too, the black and white civil right activists who were beaten by an angry mob of KKK in 1961. You could really plug that sort of thinking into anything that the KKK considered a threat, really. Claims that a right or an achievement "weren't really ...
    on The Klu Klux Klan by Harlan Richards Feb. 11, 2018
  • Vandenberg is south from Sacramento and closer to the southern Californian beaches. It's west of Los Angeles county.
    on Off-world ticket by Dymitri Haraszewski April 7, 2018
  • Thanks for sharing the ABCs of responsible parenting. It'd be interesting to fill in the rest of the alphabet too.
    on A is for Acceptance by Jennifer Johnson April 19, 2018
  • Hey there, stranger. Sending you a message since you asked for one. To let you know that someone out there is reading. I transcribed your April 2018 journal entry, and I'm hoping you can feel something more than depression by the time you read this. As someone who has been ...
    on Personal Journal 4/9/18 by Steve J. Burkett May 3, 2018
  • What a blunt poem on toxic relationships. Sometimes it really needs to be said for people to see the ugly truth of the angry and manipulative. Thanks for that.
    on What Do You Like? by Jack Branch June 29, 2018
  • I think yoga is awesome, and I appreciate your interest in it for the vets. Group exercises sound kinda fun. What about trying some tai chi? Just as a friendly warning: there are some super conservatives who may refuse to do yoga or tai chi due to its ancient religious ...
    on Yoga and Cardio by William D. Linley (David) July 30, 2018
  • I'm glad you've had a happy reunion and embraced your loved ones again. That brought a smile to my day. Thanks for sharing.
    on The Time That Divides by Johnny E. Mahaffey Aug. 27, 2018
  • Thanks for writing! I have mixed feelings regarding McCain's thoughts about crime and incarceration (for the death penalty, increasing arrests for drug law violations, and so on), but I'm with him for trying to weaken inhumane torture of illegally imprisoned people. Though I didn't agree with him all the time, ...
    on Untitled by Charles Douglas Owens, II Sept. 7, 2018
  • Congratulations on your reduced sentence and impeding freedom! If you need help, try to get in touch with Benny Lee of National Alliance for the Empowerment of the Formerly Incarcerated (NAEFI). NAEFI is a non-profit that promotes a healthy transition into society through mentoring and moral support. Here's some contact ...
    on Dear Outside World by Christopher Trotter Sept. 17, 2018
  • Hoping you're okay from the hurricane. Gotta keep your groove up in this world. Please write back with an update when you can!
    on Dear Readers 8/18/18 by Kelly Jones Sept. 21, 2018
  • Hoping for the best regarding your sentence reduction. Let's hope that something good comes from this costly investigation. Costly because it took so long to get processed, and it has been years coming for you. Fingers crossed!
    on Sentence Reduction by Edwin J. Hutchison Sept. 28, 2018
  • According to Yale's website, they offer state specific aid so this might not help in Illinois. Still, here is the contact information for the current heads of the legal clinic: Michael J. Wishnie (203) 436-4780 michael.wishnie@yale.edu and Renée A. Burbank renee.burbank@yale.edu === Here are other resources that may help. Illinois ...
    on Yale University by William D. Linley (David) Nov. 13, 2018
  • That's great news! Here's hoping that everything pans out. I'm hoping that this resentencing is fair for you.
    on Resentencing & Release by Edwin J. Hutchison Dec. 10, 2018
  • Thank you for devoting yourself to charity efforts. I hope I can donate soon. I want to add to any online visitors that the ad blocker in your browser might refuse to load Compassion Place and Fossils and Feathers. They are not malicious websites, and you won't get viruses from ...
    on Compassion Place by Robert Pezzeca Dec. 13, 2018
  • I'm so sorry that you lost your mother. I can't imagine how you feel and I don't know what to say. But I will do what I can to give you contact information to some possible publishers for your writing. In the meantime, there's this that you may use to ...
    on Untitled by Sarah Luedecke Jan. 11, 2019
  • Hey there, stranger. You wrote that you wanted someone who has read one of your blog posts to respond to you, so here I write. According to one of your older posts, I think you're out of prison by now now. If not, congrats on hanging in there for your ...
    on Hello Everyone Today is 5/18/11 by Robert Hartman Jan. 28, 2019
  • Hey, stranger. Congrats on the good news! Since you said you are getting out in Dallas, I am giving you information for a non-profit organization that is dedicated to helping people like you. They might be able to help you more than I could. Best regards! === Founded in 2010, ...
    on No Walk in the Park by Teddy Drake Feb. 2, 2019
  • I'm not sure if you know, so I'll tell you. The kanji you used for the top of this post (日本人彼女募集中) says "Seeking a Japanese girlfriend," which I'm not sure if you are or not. Just a friendly reminder that the Asian-looking gibberish actually means something. Ciao!
    on Johnny Mahaffey Says: “Finally! A Lifeline for S.C. Prisoners!” by Johnny E. Mahaffey Feb. 16, 2019
  • Good luck with everything. Hope you make it. You said Texas, but not where specifically. Have you tried contacting DOORS Texas Reentry Network? They serve North Texas, Dallas and Tarrant specifically. I'll send you their contact info anyway. Maybe they can help you. --- Dallas County Reentry Brokerage Center Unlocking ...
    on Well, by Sarah Luedecke Feb. 26, 2019
  • Sorry to hear that your parole didn't work out. But I'm happy that you're willing to see through it all the same. I'm not sure if they will publish for current inmates, but there is a cheap self-publishing service that might help you with your book publishing. I'll copy and ...
    on Comment Response by Sarah Luedecke April 5, 2019
  • Hey there, stranger! Everyone struggles to get their book to sell. Angela Hoy at BookLocker might be able to help you with more knowledge that I have. You might want to check up with her. If you get your book published though, I will buy a copy of it when ...
    on Comment Response by Sarah Luedecke May 27, 2019
  • Hey there! I've sent some emails to some organizations that may or may not help you. I'm hoping they'll contact you soon. One of them already got back to me. Here's what they said: "Donny Welch can find assistance in Beeville by contacting Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend. They ...
    on Fear and Worry Upon Release, Persecution Ahead by Donny Welch May 31, 2019
  • Hey there, stranger. I am currently transcribing your story and wanted to check up on a few things for you. I did a quick online research to help update some information here. -- Regarding Mike Walsingam, he's been promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge at GBI. He's still called ...
    on What Justice Is This? by Jennifer Johnson June 10, 2019
  • Thanks for writing the truth about some toxic relationships that are out there! Usually, people who need this sort of advice receive it in the wake of many regrets. Some may not even live past their bad relationships, and that's tragic. Marvelous job preaching the worthiness of self-care. I want ...
    on Unspoken Truth is the Key by Anthony P. Heard Jr. July 10, 2019
  • Hey there! I don't think I can legally ask about your case or negotiate fees for you. But I will share what I found online so you can have a way to contact agencies that may help you. Bulldog Detective Agency has no other information on the site besides the ...
    on Happy July 4th by Jennifer Johnson July 14, 2019
  • Hey, thanks for being optimistic for your educational and creative ventures! I admire your ambitiousness and positive spirit. I really do hope you can make parole and get the chance to expand your writing knowledge with plenty of free online resources. And I hope you can finish your classes and ...
    on Comment response by Sarah Luedecke July 14, 2019
  • Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post. A significant struggle that I overcame in the past was finding my identity after my first breakup. Even though I thought at the time that I wanted to marry this person and that they are truly wonderful at heart, we ...
    on Dear Reader........8/25/19 by Douglas Blaine Matthews Sept. 10, 2019
  • Based on my personal experiences with drunk people, you're totally right! Just for fun, there's many scientific studies floating around that say the same thing as you. I'll share a part of an online article by Kathryn Francis at Inverse magazine which summarizes them for easier reading: "If someone has ...
    on lyin on liquor by Antoine Murphy Oct. 13, 2019
  • Thanks for writing! I hope you continue talking about this book because it interests me. I have listened to one of the author's interviews in the past regarding their findings in the justice system, and I didn't know that they co-wrote a book until just now. Thanks to you, I'll ...
    on Book Review: The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences by Harlan Richards Oct. 23, 2019
  • Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post. Unfortunately, as much as the media wants to point the finger solely at Trump, the Kurds have been getting this neglect from USA many times before. The main difference this time around is the Kurds had vocally expressed faith in ...
    on Christian conscience? by William D. Linley (David) Oct. 26, 2019
  • Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post. I'm enjoying the cool weather too! :) Autumn is my favorite season. With global warming blasting the Earth, it feels like it's getting shorter and shorter. I miss the foggy mornings we'd used to get at this time of year. ...
    on Dear Reader.......10-13-19 by Douglas Blaine Matthews Nov. 2, 2019
  • I'm so sorry that I gave you contact information to organizations that couldn't help you. I will try to pass on your story to other people who I think may can. And I will try to keep looking online for other places on your behalf. I'm grateful that you remain ...
    on Suffering in Silence by Jennifer Johnson Nov. 29, 2019
  • Thanks for the well wishes. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope your loved ones can be with you in 2020 too. :)
    on Christmas Cheers by Steve J. Burkett Dec. 23, 2019
  • As someone who's not always in the loop about prison news and advocacy, I really appreciate you posting these various news articles as your blog posts. It helps me turn an eye to what is often not stated by major media. Opens my view. More importantly, it helps me determine ...
    on FBI Releases Statement About Mississippi Prisons by Charles Douglas Owens, II Feb. 6, 2020
  • (sigh) Today's news... Well, I do like hearing your perspective on it, even though the result came in. Fascinating and hopeful. I tried looking up if I could set up a Facebook account for you, but I cannot do it in your name because I am not you. That goes ...
    on Impeachment Trial by Jennifer Johnson Feb. 6, 2020
  • Goodness gracious, that's terrifying! I wish someone in there will take the pandemic seriously for all of your sakes. This pandemic really can destroy people's lives, and it's not worth gambling between safety and "usual" comforts. I've sent letters to senators and directors over the year about this, and ah... ...
    on COVID 19 by James Collins Dec. 28, 2020
  • Hey there! This is about your thoughts regarding Roe vs. Wade, in that you support women's rights to choose for an abortion. I'm in agreement with you. The other thing that scares me about Roe vs. Wade being stricken down is that this also opens the unfortunate legal loophole for ...
    on Roe vs Wade Debate by Jennifer Johnson July 19, 2022
  • Good for you! Hope you enjoyed your time learning on the course. How did the course affect you personally?
    on Untitled by William Goehler Aug. 3, 2022
  • Hey there! I just finished transcribing your post about not hesitating to give loved ones their roses while they're still alive. Thank you for writing it. You're right. So much has happened, and we're given only so many days in life. Sharing and giving love in our limited days with ...
    on Don't Wait To Give Them Their Roses by Charles Douglas Owens, II Aug. 23, 2022
  • Interesting opinion piece on this topic. I recently read a book that says, in essence, the best managers are people who don't aspire to be managers to begin with. They're the people who pay attention, work beside, and are pliable to change their work operations for the greater good of ...
    on Bring Back Officer Friendly by Dymitri Haraszewski Dec. 6, 2022
  • I'm not Lisa, but I'll copy and paste a bit of what is written in that website link. She's sweet to share it with you. --- If you’re familiar with angel numbers, you know that it’s a sign if you repeatedly see an angel number or a sequence of them. ...
    on Spiritual Poems by Childeric Maxy Jan. 25, 2023
  • Hey there! I'll copy and paste bits from Italy's own tourism website (https://www.italia.it/en/) for you. Since Italy is more than Rome and Tuscany. --- In the heart of Italy lies one of its oldest centres, Perugia, known for its vibrant social life, university heritage and much more A modern city ...
    on My Dream Vacation by Jennifer Johnson Jan. 27, 2023
  • Hey there! I am not sure if I can find a church address for you, but I can send you information for Sacramento reentry programs who may have that for you. Sacramento Community Based Coalition 10170 Missile Way, Mather, 95655 MAIL: P.O. Box 269003, Sacramento, CA 95826-9003 Natalya Edwards, Project ...
    on Hope by James Collins Feb. 21, 2023
  • I'd argue that the Reagan presidency was the worst for North American modern history. Simply because we're still paying for their legacy to this day. That includes many of your arguments about what sucks about the North American government and the media. Guess who popularized the image of mythmaking a ...
    on Biden's America by Johnny E. Mahaffey June 14, 2023

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