BLOG POST (5/15)
Inside / 2 Outside
Penitentiary / 2 Society
Justice for James Terry
Dear Maggie and friends ; In response to your email . It truly will be a joy Maggie to build with you during our upcoming Zoom visit . Even though you're on the east coast in upstate New York , I'm in the midwest and the majority of students are on the pacific coast , I caught news footage of USC April 14 starting commencement ceremonies at outside venues .
Professor Golub , Theo , G. and yourself ( people whom I Zoom visit with , have personal phone numbers , mailing addresses and / or email ) have academic scholarly schedules that I'm unaccustomed to .
Psychologically , I've been able to departmentalize codependent mental insecurities from decades of solitary confinements harsh isolation . That defensively , when above are unavailable , as personal courtesy and survival tactic , I don't allow justified actions of ones duties to harm me .
None of the above owed me personal connections . Easily in apathetic fashion all could have socially distanced me by saying , " Our motto is to support prison abolition , incarcerated with resources and raise the voice of the cause while maintaining a professional distance ."
There are hundreds , if not thousands of prisoner organizations and inmate capitalist whom ride the backs of the incarcerated , while generating multi millions of dollars of capital for their own administration and personal wealth .
Example ; For Wisconsin Secure Program Facility , I'm the crash test dummy for prison pen pal sites . If you desire to know which sites are best . Ask James Terry .
90 % are simply exploiting prisoners out of our money, with no pen pal responses and minimum interactions occurring , even from 10% of successful ones .From those , I've met good people and remain in contacted with a few , even over time .
Oh ! My God !
Maggie ! The ransomware story of Darksite , Russian hackers and oil pipeline ended in propaganda .
Newscasters reported that Darksite was paid ransom in amount of tens of millions of American dollars and decided to dismantle their criminal organization !!!!!
That lie put Americans oil dependent citizens at ease
After a foreign criminal element , that original was alleged to have the Russian governments backing and has successfully monetarily been paid ," Why would they stop !"
What is this possibility ?
American University and criminal hackers are recruited by American government to hack into Iran nuclear industry centrifuges. They successfully disrupt Iran from being able to enrich weapons grade plutonium .
Now , can the criminal element that was recruited simply walk away from American Intelligence agencies ?
The Russians would never allow Darksite to dismantle !!
What are odds your servers were hacked by inside U.S .governmental hackers ,U.S criminals or possibly foreign nationals ?
What very little that I know about your institution . In my imagination , I see it / you as upper echelon recruit for all alphabet of American intelligence agencies . NSA, FBI, CIA and ect .
Your graduate campus would come under attack by our own interest to seek out vulnerabilities in not only institution but war game play strategy attacks on individuals to see if susceptibility to espionage exist .
Your institution is a brain trust of future technological advances and defense of American infrastructure.
There are geopolitical trillions of dollars worth of influence that currently the Biden administration has on the table for infrastructure.
Government Agencies , NGO's , State and Private Institutions are going to be in a battle for Cyber Protection and defense contact dollars .
Hell ! You should submit to see your own FBI file . You may have national security clearance level considerations already .
You're a talent Maggie !
Yes ! I would be appreciative were you to document scan art pieces for Maya to upload onto site in " Art Gallery " section .
You're more than kind !
The Mushroom piece is all you ! I simply seen it as you drew it .
I still believe that with " Lino Art " the main piece is what you created ( the tool ? ) to mass produce image . Don't know if I'm correct .
Corrlinks.com does have issues also . I don't understand why it doesn't show up as citizens in society are accustomed to .An alert and email simply on your device and you can respond or save .
They want you to go online to their site .
The plight of the prisoner .
As for sending Private Investigator Mike Orchard , JT's story of Justice Denied " manuscript .
His email is : morchard@beaconinvestigation.com
Please notify once sent .
Hopefully , I've addressed all issues .
Will see you in person face to face next week Zoom visitation .
Thank you for your precious time .
Faithfully yours .
JT2 <3
Individuals and non governmental organizations are encouraged to write to : James Terry I I 373986 , Wisconsin Secure Program Facility POB 1000 , Boscobel , WI. 53805 USA.
BLOG POST (5/5)
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Penitentiary / 2 Society
Justice For James Terry
Dear Maggie and Friends ; Congratulations ! Goals are being reached and achieved by all . Here's a motivational piece that arrived in a psychological package with unknown authors .
" Your Results Are A Mirror "
Your results are a mirror of your effort, your discipline and sacrifice. In life , in the gym , your body , your health ...
Effort.
You can talk all you want ...Results don't lie . Effort doesn't lie .
When it's game day ...when it's showtime...Those who talk but haven't worked...The work they've put in will be seen by everyone.
Those who kept their mouth shut and worked when no one was watching , their work will be seen by everyone too, but in a much different way. Which one do you want to be ?
Sacrifice.
If you don't sacrifice for what you want, what you want will become the sacrifice. And you will have to settle for a life you do not want .
If you aren't willing to sacrifice now , for what you want , then you can guarantee that later you will be making sacrifices for many things you don't want .
If you don't work for it now , you will be working for someone who did work for it, later. If you don't put in the blood , sweat and tears now .Sacrifice your time , sacrifice your nights out , give up your treats ...If you don't give up everything that is holding you back , that will be reflecting back to you in your future .
That's life .
Success will never come easy . Great results will never come easy .
You might get lucky . You might get OK results . But long term , success requires sacrifice ,effort and discipline .
The good news is , you rarely have to sacrifice anything that will give you long term pleasure . Almost always , all you really have to give up are things that are dragging you down . The things that do nothing for your future .
Discipline.
Your body is a mirror reflection of the sacrifice you make in the kitchen and gym The discipline to say no to short term temptation over long term pride . The discipline to get up , to drag yourself through a workout. Consistently. Not just one day . Every day .Do you want the quick fix now , that leads to a bigger problem later ? Or discipline now that leads to pride later ?
Strength later .
Stronger habits later .
Clear mind later .
Positive influence over others later .
Without effort you will never get it .
Without sacrifice you will never get it .
Without discipline you will never get it .
So I'm asking you ... Have you got what it takes to be great ?
Tell yourself : It may take time ...It may take huge effort ...I may have to dig deep and go to places I've never been before...But I will make it ! I will do it !
I will stand at the end with pride knowing I stood firm .
Knowing I let nothing and no one stop me .
This goal I have ...This dream I have ...It is more important than anything .
You can throw whatever you like my way. I will defeat it. I will defeat it with my will ! I will get there ! I will !
- Simple Reminder
The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow.
At a distance Professor Mark Golub , Maggie Mang , G. Tucker. Theo Kolbrener , Ornella Ugolini and friends I witness your academic achievements acquired from years of sacrifice , effort and self discipline .
CONGRATULATIONS ! Your voice carries weight with me .
Respectfully and love .
Individuals and non governmental organizations are encouraged to write to : James Terry II 373986 , Wisconsin Secure Program Facility POB 1000 , Boscobel , WI . 53805 You should see the abject disrespect and racism I receive from these rural Wisconsinites prison employees for having dignity , self respect , pride and access to educational opportunities in my youth .
BLOG POST (4/25)
Inside / 2 Outside
Penitentiary / 2 Society
Justice For James Terry
Dear Maggie and Friends ;
I hope this communication finds you safely , in best of spirit and excellent health . Your professional accolades are well deserved Maggie . I know exactly what you mean and your intentions in your expressions .
Recently I spoke with Professor Mark Golub on Critical Resistance hotline concerning having to open up and be vulnerable with our interactions . Possibly you and I are good for oneanother . I only can imagine your perspective .
Early on in twenties I had multiple friends, older than I , whom were seasoned professional . A lawyer with JD , a friend in aero space engineering and another working in nuclear industry as health physics engineer . They were at high demand even away from their careers . It seemed that a lot of people desired interpersonal access to their academic wisdom and pro bono assistance .
I always have told Mark that , " I can not afford our teams assistance ."
With Doctorate in sight , you realize that I could not afford your hourly rate , let alone a commissioned contract .
Then there's the art of a potential friendship blossoming with us . By you participating in only the editing stage of JT's story of Justice Denied true crime genre novel , you've done the work .
Maggie , it's easier for people to believe the hoax of my conviction than to put in the work to seek the truth . You simply don't need to research to trust that a racial judicial system , " Got it right ! "
Precious time must be devoted to assure that , " The judicial system is not perfect and made a mistake ! "
We are either at or beyond that stage with more researching of documents to come . Noah , possibly still Miriam and Maggie are the fist to, with out doubt, research and put in the work .
Your past donation , current contribution and possible future philanthropy of valuable time is gratefully appreciated .
We are in good standing and thanks for being a , Seeker of Truth !
You previously mentioned being a perfectionist .
The way you presented Mark about PayPal , Ca$hApp and Venmo was better understood by him then my presentation . I tried to explain the proposition like this .
His bank account routing number is central depository as if asterisk with his name and bank account number in center . Every individual team member or group as in Noah, Miriam and Maggie should be viewed as intersecting points with a small circle drawn at ends of lines .
The circle represents 360° and the need to be autonomous. Autonomy because each circle should be wealth generators with access to PayPal, Ca$hApp and Venmo ( for donor convenience with QR code ) that sells zines and other items. Ex. G.Tucker will set up , Print On Demand for website and social media pages that sells T-shirts , mugs , hats ..etc.
Website should have a store were browsers have cart to fill and check out to buy or donate . I will request that you Maggie ,Noah and Miriam set up @www.Kickstarter.com $5,000 crowd funding campaign to publish JT"s story of Justice Denied with @www.PagePublishing.com whom charges $3,600 for full services with over funding benefiting post conviction legal defense fund depositing into central depository of Marks' bank account.
As for Zoom visitation . Currently you're names pending for approval . Visitor processing has not put in computer approval yet . So , If you're not able to set appointment , its understandable from my side . We shall meet . I'll email you when approved .
It is refreshing to communicate with someone whom has done the work and put in the time . Maggie ; You genuinely are the first to research and follow up !
I'm appreciative of Mark and Noah ! You though are guaranteed to email and snail mail with me as , "The First Person to interview me about my book !"
With modesty I hear you saying , " It's a team effort ! "
But , You're a lifelong friend ! Individually , I believe you realize I serve a purpose that benefits you . I may not know what it is , may never learn what it is . Yet , will be satisfied to serve a purpose in your life .
I hope day after day , year after year to represent a positive influence and be an asset for you as you have been for me Maggie .
Okay ! Let's wrap this up with fielding your questions .
1)@www.SafeStreetsArts.org if able to online locate , they also are owners of @ www.PrisonsFoundation.org or .com. I could have the s in wrong location or .com versus .org. I apologize for not having a copy of manuscript. If I had one . I could answer questions .
I do have a couple hundred dollars I've entrusted to Marks central depository . Also , soon , I should be coming into some money on my own prison account . I prefer not asking Mark to make withdrawals and send you compensation from my prison account for future copies and mailing expense .
Please realize . The edition that you're working on , once completed , I will need 2 hard copies downloaded and mailed to me .
If I need to personally redact Paula Koehn information , that's not a problem for me to .
One copy I'll submit to " Facility Publication Coordinator " for this edition to be authorized novel for publication . The other for my records .
Since, I was convicted of felony, and about my case , any royalty shares would need to be placed in a 3 year escrow account and WDOC would have to publish legal notice every 6 months in newspaper in Dane County , Madison , WI . so complaining witness Paula Koehn potentially could file law suit to claim money .
After 3 years if she didn't file suit , I would receive escrow account .
As you've edited , it's Okay to place on site because its not for sale and is simply a tool for arm chair investigators .
1)I simply don't have pages 31,32 and 64.Maggie
2) PS Inc vaults = 's Professional Speaking Inc. Keeper of The Records .
The keeper of the records or Professional Speaking Inc . storage facility, where ever their records are located , have forensic " technological ' evidence recordings .
On workplace premises , 1619 Monroe St , Madison , WI. Nov 1998 telemarketing businesses were highly dependent upon technology.
At my cubicle , I had a computer terminal , wore a headset and computer automatically dialed numbers to be called .
All 10 or more cubicles same tech .
The Manager , whom was identified as keeper of the records , MR. Shannon Linnane , at the front desk , had technology that allowed him to program each computer and phone call listing to be made per terminal .
All telephone calls are recorded !
Its my belief that were I able to hire an attorney and/ or private investigator that the recordings from my phone calls made Monday November 9, 1998 during hours of 9am , 10 am 11 am , 12 am ...etc for 7.75 hours will prove my actual innocence of not having Paula Koehn in my control and command kidnapped during her allegation of abducted midnight Sunday 12 hours November 8,1998 until Monday noon November 9.
At the same exact moment in time I can not simultaneously be at two separate places .
This is termed a classic non presence alibi defense .
As for " Service Provider " this is in reference to the company that provided Professional Speaking Inc with their telephone recording device .
I don't know if exclusively Professional Speaking Inc owns the tech or if the local telephone company has recordings also due to owning recording device.
Relatively sophisticated tech to be able to record all calls .
This was for PSI protection in case donor said they didn't make a contribution . The company could always play back the conversation to philanthropist.
3) The morning of Sunday November 8 Paula Koehn told me she was going to go home to Beaver Dam. WI and steal ( rob ) $20 from her little ( younger ) sister .
4) I'm at a loss !Share a name with another James from S. Carolina ?
There is not enough context clues that restore my memory .
During Detective Cory Nelson investigation Paula Koehn says , " James From S. Carolina " and on stand says , " I never knew his name or where he was from , that she never told Detective Nelson ' James and from S.Carolina ."
Maybe there's a valed reference that I would have to , Share a name of James with another ( homeless guy in Madison ) and both from Carolina .
Hopefully , there's something helpful in our exchanges personally, publicly and privately that provides comfort .
Religious people explain Jesus Christ as sending me a comforter in prayer .
Maggie and friends .
Thank you for being my comforter .
Individuals and non governmental organizations are encouraged to write to : James Terry I I 373986 , Wisconsin Secure Programs Facility POB 1000, Boscobel , WI. 53805 USA
BLOG POST (4/23)
Outside / 2 Inside
Dear James,
Thank you so kindly for your understanding and for your patience; it's very important for me to make time for my friends and those I keep company with, and to the very best of my abilities I would like to show that I do care about those in my life through time, energy, and attention that I am able to provide.
It seems like with these recent emails I am writing about several updates. This morning, Noah and I met and finished editing all the pages that they had. It was only after reading all 50-or so pages that I think I understand your story and truly how it's exemplary of "justice denied." I grew angry afterwards thinking about how wrong and unjust it has been that you've been locked up all these years on a false accusation. Thank you for sharing your story, and trusting us to also read and edit. Noah and I have a few questions that we would like clarified, to be listed later in this email.
Before that, I wanted to let you know that I emailed Mark and asked him to set up a Paypal, Cashapp, and Venmo for you. He says that he already has a separate bank account set up for you, so I'm asking him to link these three systems to it so that we can use it for the zine sales. After that, I will make sure that I post these zines, with instructions and descriptions, to your Facebook page.
Secondly, I have emailed to ask for a zoom meeting for the weekend that you specified. I will be waiting to hear back and will email you asap when that is approved. I am excited for our zoom meeting, after much exchange back and forth!
Thirdly, thank you for your previous email to help clarify the details. All three pieces of information were immensely helpful. Noah has decided to just choose Irons as weasel and Winters as mouse, but your comment about intentional interchangeability was incredibly clarifying. We also were able to locate the missing pages, although it seems like Prisonfoundation.org is no longer a working website. Nonetheless, Noah was able to locate a PDF and find the missing pages, which provided us with the missing information we were looking for and needed. It was like a eureka moment when your story finally started clicking in both me and Noah's heads.
Here are a few questions that we had about your story, if you can please help us clarify them so that we can make those changes reflected in the document we have.
1) After looking through the document, we are also missing pages 31, 32, and 64. Would there be another place that these pages might be, considering that Prisonfoundation.org's website no longer works?
2) On page 63, you write, "To this date in either “Service Provider” or “PS Inc. Vaults” computer forensic evidence voice recordings". Is this information important and can you please help us clarify what is this information referring to?
3) Same with on page 85, where you write, "sisters much younger than [Paula] thinking in the morning about going and robbing her.""
4) At some point in the document, you write that you share a name with another James from S. carolina. What does this mean?
Thank you so kindly for your time and, again, continued understanding. I look forward to reading Poor Richard in the book that you sent me last week, and am so appreciative of your generosity. I'm really looking forward to our coming Zoom call, and for more emails in between.
Kindly,
Maggie
BLOG POST (4/20)
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Justice For James Terry
Dear Maggie and Friends ; Obviously I've never been advanced degree student in pursuit of PhD . Does this make me unawares to time restraints for luxury or personal endeavors ?
Yes and No .
Surely I'm empathetic, but realistically, am without enough background knowledge to genuinely understand time restraints .
Time is precious and I applaud each and every individual whom has found me worthy their valuable time .
Maggie , Tucson and Critical Resistance volunteers have been good for my mental welfare .
Kjartan Arnorsson , whom resides in Tucson has been my friend since 2017.
Currently , Maggie you have both parts of a puzzle he donated to our cause.
You have PDF files of his 3 zines that can be sold on website for $2 a piece or 3 for $5 . As E: zines downloads .
You have his picture , testimony and release .Kjartan is second most famous cartoonist from Iceland !
Olivia in fact may have picture , testimony and release on website .
Once, Kjartan and I , on a telephone call , checked out URL's to the site and he mentioned some of the items posted . Ex. His picture & testimony not sure about release .
What needs to occur ; Is going to PayPal.com, Ca$hApp .com & Venmo.com . Open 3 individual accounts at these sites so browsers can purchase zines from website and social media sites . Make sure to apply for 3 QR codes from accounts , for younger generations convenience . This is their preference for making payments. This team should be selling hundreds if not thousands of e:zines .
All 3 secure pay portals funds should funnel into Professor Golub bank account routing number as final deposits .
All social media sites should have above system set up for zine sells .
I believe that there's possibly an interdepartmental systemic breakdown in effective communications with our teams interactions and each individual clique is free styling . Ex. Professional pitch not placed on GFM page and Justice For James Terry Facebook page should appear as Facebook.com/ JT0066078 page in detail .
Productivity monetarily is unequivocally missing from our perspective .
I've faith in self corrections being made .
But , as academics whom are going to be highly recruited in private sector and government agencies . May I this Summer of 2021 receive the best of your altruism and philanthropy ?
As for , JT's story of Justice Denied .
1) Interchangeability . That's a home run Maggie ! Paula Koehn was with Nickolaus Winters Saturday November 7, 1998 near midnight .
In her hoax she claims Sunday November 8, 1998 near midnight with Kristin Jurak boyfriend Chris Irons .
In writing the manuscript , I wanted the reader to relate to the interchangeability of not only facts from fiction , weasel from mouse but the confusion associated with me trying to figure out why ?
Why did Paula Koehn move the date but also change the person whom she was with ?
Wisconsin Badgers Football home game at Camp Randall occurs against Minnesota Golden Gophers for Paul Bunyan axe Saturday November 7, 1998. All motels rooms booked 6 months in advance and standing room only for bars and restaurants while patrons wait in line .
Paula Koehn ,in order to fool the police , had to get rid of a whole downtown area of motel goers , bar hoppers and restaurant patrons . So , she switched dates we were together consensually Saturday 7 with Jayson Brown , changed to her girlfriends boyfriend Chris Irons [ whom possibly was at work , Great Escape Steak House ( Saturday ) ] from Nickolaus Winters and is familiar with my wardrobe , name and where I'm from because of our interactions Saturday near midnight until noon Sunday November 8.
Even though on the stand at trial she testifies that Detective Cory Nelson is wrong in his police report , that she never knew names of James or from South Carolina .
The weasel and mouse were intentionally meant by me to be interchangeable but if it is bizarre or illogical . Simply choose Irons as weasel and Winters as mouse .
2) It's Shannon Linnane a male .
3)@www.PrisonFoundations.org in non fiction novel search author James Terry book titled , " JT's story of Justice Denied " Hopefully page 64 is there . Handwritten version .
Typed version cost me $150 done by Hawkeye Editing , David Goldberg phone : (651) 222-2742. I believe page 64 at above site URL's .
Maggie : Please schedule a 20 minute Zoom meeting for use the second weekend of May if doesn't create conflict . May 8 or 9.
Email : DOCDAIWSPFZoomVisits@Wisconsin.gov
Saturday or Sunday CST 8:30, 9:30 , 10:30 am & 1:30 , 2:30 or 3:30 pm.
You can schedule 2 visits ahead . Please do if willing . Last week there were no slots available because inmates families are scheduling two in advance .
Must email before Wednesdays .
From : Visitors name
Subject : Visit
PIOC's Named & DOC number : James Terry 373986
Date & Time requested :
Send email .
In conclusion , I hope that I was able to field your queries . As for Braiding Sweetgrass . I had to share with Editor RW Spryszak on basis that he mails Mark two editions of Narrow Doors In Wide Green Fields Surrealist And Outsiders - 2019. One for Professor Golub and one for Theo .
Yours was primary concern , because of admiration and respect of being a zine collector . Then with Doctorate , right around the corner , in technology . You would enjoy my , close but no cigar, approach to technical terms that I twisted .
I'm a simple man . I love those whom love me .
Dear Maggie and Friends ; Inside / 2 Outside.
All my love .
Support Action .
Individuals and non governmental organizations are encouraged to write to ; James Terry I I 373986 , Wisconsin Secure Program Facility POB 1000 , Boscobel , WI . 53805 USA .
BLOG POST (4/19)
Outside / 2 Inside
Dear James,
I hope that this one finds you okay. I apologize for the longer duration that it took me to email you back. We're reaching the end of the semester which tends to be frantic and busy all at once, and it causes me to be really delayed on all things on my end.
I want to sincerely thank you for the book with your story of Poor Richard that was published in it! Did you know that my favorite gift are actually signed copies of books? So it felt really special to have you send it to me. I will cherish it and add it to my ongoing book collection!
I'm really glad that you enjoyed the copy of Braiding Sweetgrass that I had sent over; it's one of my favorite shorter essays from the collection, in part because it makes me think seriously about relationships to land with with each other. I'm also glad that you enjoyed my lino prints and it was a joy being able to share them with you. I have another one that I'm currently working on, one that's multi colored and has fish on them. I can't wait to send one over to you when I finish with it.
I'm still meeting with Noah about one hour every week (usually on Sundays) and we are editing your story. During our edits, we came across a few questions that Noah asked me to ask you, if that's okay:
1. Who is Weasel and Mouse? Oftentimes you use these names interchangeably and we just wanted to clarify if Irons was Weasel or Mouse.
2. Do you know if it's "Shannon Lianane" or "Shannon Linnane"? the spelling was inconsistent and we just wanted to double check.
3. There are a few times throughout the document where it says that we're missing the handwritten pages (like page 64). Do you happen to know where these handwritten pages are?
I also wanted to let you know that someone from the prison called me to get me on the approved list of visitors for you. She said that I am now considered approved, and that I should wait from you regarding further instructions for a Zoom visit? That is promising, and I'm really looking forward to the Zoom visit. I know it was great for Mark to have visited you.
Mark also sent me the information about the zines, which is very exciting. I will see if I can post them to your Facebook, but am unsure because last I heard the Go Fund Me was taken down? I'm also behind on a few blogposts as well, but will get them sent over to Olivia soon so that she may begin putting them on the website.
These last few weeks of school are really hectic, so many apologies in advance for taking a little bit longer to respond on my end. I'm hoping that the semester ends soon (around early May) so that things may begin to feel a little more calm and consistent on my end. Please let me know if there are any other types of things that you enjoy reading -- poetry, fiction, etc. I'd love to be able to share some of my favorites with you, if you'd also like that. thank you for your handwritten letter, which was delightful and brought me much joy. I look forward to writing back.
With kind regards,
Maggie
BLOG POST (4/14)
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Justice For James Terry
Dear Friends ; To tell the truth surrealism .
" Spic and Span "
Well , figuring out this Pine Sol rhetoric of convoluted pipe dreams , enraptured in my rem sleep, rapid eye movement , unconscious , scandalous , auditory and precipitous cliff hanging heights of paranoia .
This truth remains true .
Magic Shave awakened my lust for Zoom visitations .
It was a Nair experience that was unequivocally Neet to have my friend(s) witness me in full regalia as , " The Afro American Mr. Clean ."
I'm telling you . The acidic burns from stripping my scalps hairline was so pristine and bone bare nude . That it surely was sorcery that Merlin The Magician would have cast a spell of celibacy upon a chasten virgin to assure the Summer solstice harvest .
" Damn ! " Commented Professor Golub during our 20 minute Zoom visitation .
The Vaseline grease was as slick as greased lightening that the shine from my dome nearly blinded him as he wondered out loud , " How the hell did you get your head as smooth as a babies bottom ? "
Oh ! Theo !
Oh ! G !
Oh ! Maggie !
Please beware !
Prepare the Gucci designer sunglasses for our Commodore , Zoom 20 minute visitation .
When I get through spit polishing this illustrious oversized dome of mine , it will be as if a Red Giant Super Nova had collapsed , leaving a Black Hole .
So , hold on to all your heirloom jewelry and if you start picking up FM radio stations through your fillings in your teeth . Its just the polar opposite frequency disrupter in your brain blinded by the light !
Please keep in mind . That... that is simply the charismatic attraction of my magnetic personalities illumination and not due to hypnotic trance you're under by wondering ," How the hell did he do that bald head with a chemical peel and not destroy his scalp ? "
Fine dined and looking my prime for those dear friends of mine .
You make my hygiene gleam !
One of the reasons we make a good team .
We go together as , " Arm & Hammer ".
Support Action .
Individuals and non governmental organizations are encouraged to write to James Terry I I 373986
Wisconsin Secure Program Facility
POB 1000
Boscobel , WI . 53805 USA
BLOG POST (4/11)
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Justice For James Terry
Dear Maggie and Friends ; Early in the morning April 10, 2021 . This is rescheduled Zoom visitation with Professor Mark Golub date. Due to staff inability to operate technical equipment our March 28 visit was canceled.
Can I successfully receive my first 20 minute visitation in 23 years later today ?
As promised , yesterday I received some lino art prints and photocopy chapter of a book via USPS from Maggie .
Interestingly , I repeatedly rub my fingers over the art pieces .
Kjartan Arnorsson zines , I believe , are prints also.
When offered as present , Maggie referred to , in comparison to stamp engraving , if memory serves me correctly .
If memory serves me correctly , recently , has begun to be my go to phrase .
My mother, whom I not heard from since 2005 , is battling Parkinson's Disease and I played full contact football from 3td until 12 the grade. So , I could have CTE residual effects , now late in life . This would explain also , my early in life struggles with suicidal impulse control .
Back on subject .
Her 4 pieces are Mushrooms , a cat peeking around the corner , a whale and four fish .
My belief system says to me that the main construct of Maggie's art is still in her possession , what she genuinely crafted with skillful hands are what I'm looking at , is the quality of an individual print .
So , in fact , Maggie's created a tool that can mass produce lino art !
Don't know if I'm correct but this is where my touch would lead my hypothesis.
There's just enough of a raised , relief ?
Secondly , this 11 pages , of what appears to be a personal book , that page per page Maggie took the time to individually turn pages , photocopy , set up copier , make sure each page is legible and then mail out to me , " Is Appreciated ".
I thought the excitement was going to be receiving handwritten mail, in anticipation!
To my surprise , the lino art was not only making me compare 2 Tucson artist different styles of printing but this chapter was so complex and had me reminiscent of both my mother and Portland , Oregon where I lived in my 9th grade year relatively homeless .
One more brief comment on printing .
Nobody in our current circle or even publishers ask me about my , " Poor Richard " trilogy origins .
It's a subconscious piece that is drafted on my principal to communicate at deepest level to commercial printers .
I'm going to mail Maggie , " Narrow Doors In Wide Green Fields Surrealists And Outsiders- 2019 " book that can be purchased on Amazon.com.
In the epilogue I stole the show and my sloppy handwritten version of , " Poor Richard ( Rantings of Providence ) " is published as second longest story .
Benjamin Franklin is Americas father / inventor of the printing press and historically famous for publishing in newspapers a series titled , Poor Richard .
My, " Poor Richard 2.0 " , is a comedy piece that for novel titled , " The COVID Collection " , it is retitled as , " Harlem World " will be published in collection and released spring of 2021.
" Poor Richard 3.0 " , is currently being edited by Theo a Pitzer College senior whom is part of Justice For James Terry team .
So , printing , we 3 have in common with different styles .
Read , read and read some more . This photocopied chapter titled , The Gift of Strawberries within book written by an indigenous author raised in upstate New York is titled either , Braiding Sweetgrass or Planting Sweetgrass .
Over here in Wisconsin The Potawatomi Nation is also prominent . To learn about Skywoman burial of her daughter and strawberries growing from her heart touches me on an emotional level due to my relationship with strawberries.
The authors allegorical way of turning a strawberry into a gift , our erroneous economical relationship with this planets resources and capitalism versus guardianship as terrestrial beings codependent on this tortoise shell, is a salute to her academic credentials.
One reason , I'm an Outsider but accomplished published Outsider no formal post secondary education .
There's a part that superficially mentions frybread . I wanted to ask Maggie if she had ever tasted frybread and then thought better because of her or you being from Tucson .
I'm a traveler and have lived in Montana a couple of years, yet I have tasted frybread in Arizona also as you may have .
The author has a way of chronicling her memories in such a manner that as an audio version you still would experience all senses .
Heightened sense of smell , touch, taste , hearing and sight would have you realize that intellectually you've been stimulated also .
I try .
A sentence says , " That is the fundamental nature of gifts : they move , and their value increases with their passage ."
I honestly believe that what may have originally appeared as a simple gift of photocopying this story and mailing to me , could appear under appreciated or even devalued . But the complex reality of the situation is this .
This present is priceless !
Not only will it make me a better author , benefit in building my relationship with Maggie and Friends , but the health reward gifted via a story that used strawberries as a central character is truly dear and beloved by me .
As previously stated , on a surface level , my Mother and Portland , Oregon are my intimate relations to the strawberries .
I don't know if my mother has ever been to Wimbledon or England . Living 9 years in Europe ( 5 years France & 4 years Germany ) maybe strawberries and cream are more a European continent thing and less an association with tennis matches and English dessert fare than I thought .
Once a year , all my childhood , I recall my mother taking exclusively 1 dessert annually of strawberries and cream .
In Portland ,where Miriam lives , while my parents were temporarily separated ( Father in Great Falls , Montana , siblings and mother in Camden, Arkansas ) during first semester of my 9th grade , The Rose City was kind to me .
I played football for Lincoln High School , was a star player as starting running back , middle line backer , punter , kick off returner and punt return man on an undefeated team where I said very little .
My father was non communicative and if my surviving family could see me now . They simply , wouldn't know me as being this communicative let alone writing .
It was easy for me to hide the fact that I was primarily living in the streets from our coaching staff , I had not much to say, but simply followed instructions .
I picked cucumbers and strawberries to supplement income and more importantly nutrients.
Amazingly , in more detail , over the Critical Resistance inmate telephone line I've spoken to Miriam about my days and migrant field worker strawberry times in Portland .
Small world indeed .
Noah is a California resident , where I lived on 85 th and Manchester in Los Angeles before and at Vandenberg AFB , CA .
Miriam in Portland .
And Maggie of Tucson , AZ where my best friend resides and obtaining PHD in upstate New York .
My mother had a fascination with New York City when we lived at McGiure AFB , New Jersey . She was a scrapbooking Roller Derby fan .
I love New Jersey and have affection for New York where we visited often .
I'm able to relate to this chapter , absorb and eventually convey the message to others that in fact the world is a gift to us.
Let's be clear .
Even in this dismissal wrongful conviction , imprisoned as an actual innocent man and small cell . Every interaction with any person I communicate with , breath I take , meal I eat or sky I witness is in fact a gift not to be taken lightly .
Time is precious , viewed as commodity we become enslaved by it .
Workplace active shooters by disgruntled employee , materialism , capitalism and living to work versus working for a living .
Viewed as a gift , the least can become the happiest and most compassionate within their timeframe of living on this earth .
Previously , I was victimized by people whom used their formal education for bad intentions when the racist judicial system employees incarcerated me regardless of the truth .
In may have taken a lot of precious time to have my voice of " help " heard by academics with equal scholarly degrees and greater morality . But rest assured , I understand my friends commitments and devotion of their time to assist me personally as valuable and more treasured with the passing of time .
Your gift surely is respected and once returned to this earth , in due time , my debt of gratitude will be repaid as my decomposing body nourishes earthworms that birds shall eat while pollinating plants that potentially grows into plant life or in a perfect scenario the same strawberries of my past .
Where were you when I needed you the most ?
For those whom I failed , whom if they addressed me with same question . All I could do is hold my head down in shame . I make this vow to you Jaden , Courtney, King and Serenity Terry , children of my son James Terry III of Charleston, South Carolina !
Were this gift of time to afford me opportunity to find you , repent for my shortcomings of not raising your father and you accept my apology . I will spend the rest of my days amending our relationship and educating you .
All my Friends . Thank you for being here for me , when I needed you the most !
Love letter to the world . Taste like strawberries and watermelon sugar dreams .
Support Action .
Individuals and non governmental organizations ate encouraged to write to : James Terry I I 373986 , Wisconsin Secure Program Facility POB 1000 , Boscobel , WI .53805 USA .
BLOG POST (4/5)
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Love letter to Resistance ;
Dear Maggie and Friends ; This is prime example of why so important that both sides of our emails are memorialized . Each and every nuance of my interactions with citizens are worthy of being published books in the keeper of the records name .
I have no guarantees of being triumphant , in proving my actual innocence but these recordings will let my grandchildren and supporters know that I fought to reveal the truth .
With just an high school education , hopefully witnesses will be proud of my ability to obtain academic scholars as backers , from not only around the nation but also globally , whom during a global pandemic carved out precious time and recruited others to join our team of activist .
Team , " JT's story of Justice Denied " comprises Noah whom senior thesis will revolve either around this true crime novel or my case as a whole , Miriam in my dearly beloved Portland, OR. and Maggie the keeper of this record .
Respect , love compassion,loyalty and trust of mine you have .
Professor Mark Golub and I had spoken over Critical Resistance Inmate call line about Noah and Their ambitious goal . With my attorney case files also to be document scanned and forwarded to They , I didn't want to over overwhelm Noah.
Casually , I made a comment about forming a team . My gratitude that the 3 above mentioned parties came together .
My Dream Team .
I hope you build life long relationships and are prosperous your entire lifetimes .
Look at self individually , look at oneanother and look at selves collectively . You're winning ! Continue to fight !
Don't let anyone tell you different !
As for Tucson connection of zines.
Email Mark to send you Kjartan Arnorsson picture , testimony and release form. This will permit you to have second piece of the puzzle Maggie .
His zines go for $2 per or $5 for all 3.
Once there's PayPal.com , Venmo or Ca$hAPP options on your social media page or website that you're uploading blogs than browsers can purchase zines.
Cross - racial solidarity wedge that exist is a shameful tactic that those whom fall into illusion , do great self harm to societal collectivism .
Sometimes it's as simple as identifying who , what , when , where and why !
Sadly , we are in the midst of an occupation . An Alien invasion . Ask an indigenous person !
Europeans ( now characterized as Legal Aliens ) came in a 2 prong attack . Spaniards via Mexico , Florida, Central and South America .
English by North America .
We witness that central Florida on down to the bottom , you are better fit if you've also Spanish language skills .
Its common knowledge that not only genocide occurs to indigenous peoples of America but in order to expand nation there's all sorts of indiscretions to occur .
To be successful an historical place for indoctrination was set up .
Ellis Island . This permitted nations of predominantly white skinned people to immigrant numerically to pioneer or be settlers .
Spanish peons versus French pioneer and we learn pioneer is a military operation .
With this large influx of nationalities that easily could assimilate into this majority English founded nation taken buy the bullet and built on the backbones of African slave labor , boundaries and borders were being redrawn , renegotiated , stolen and sold .
The indigenous said , " Speak white lies and with forked tongue ".
The Chinese were exploited for their expertise with dynamite for settlers to create railway routes through mountain passes .
None of this is new , original or of disrespectful for me to memorialize or mention .
There's plenty of the story that I fail to mention in order to make this point .
An invasive species , choked out the indigenous species , have placed on reservations and at great expense to indigenous people continue command and control of excavating natural resources .
Point being . When did the invasion stop !
I spoke recently to an indigenous guy back here whose imprisoned .
He said , " The invaders should return to where they came from , deport African descendants and all other races . Returning this nation back under their control ".
We know this will never happen , but isn't there a lot of rationale to the premise ?
Illegal immigrates from South and Central America would be expedited nationalization in this New America , no longer deemed as illegal aliens .
I don't know , but would it be that bad for me a black man whose never been to Africa to genetically find out where closes I'm from and transplant myself ?
What about others ?
None of this will materialise this is purely conjecture if not speculative .
So , what's a cold harsh reality to lean on .
All people of color , " Our white friends whom are our allies whom fight against inequality , racism and a just society from white supremacist perspective are part of The Resistance ! As such , with pride , they are The Fifth Column !"
If we are a , " Melting Pot ".
Let's pay attention to whom is mixing the cauldron.
Misinformation, propaganda and conspiracy theorist.
As long as profiteers, capitalist and 1 Percenter's are in position to steer confusion amongst the races how are we to awaken for collective bargaining of redistribution of wealth to occur ?
How come relegations to indigenous peoples doesn't appear to have empowered them as a whole ?
I don't recall who said this , " The Revolution will not be televised ."
How profound of a statement !
The main media devise used to control the citizens belief system will not broadcast The Revolution .
Why ? It would cause more people to join the fight !
The state of WI. v. James Terry I I case no. 98 cf 2416 is a wrongful conviction of an innocent man. 23 years and counting erroneously imprisoned for crimes that I never committed . Please come to the rescue and help a minority overturn a 35 year miscarriage of justice .
Support Action .
Individuals and non governmental organizations are encouraged to write to : James Terry I I 373986 , WSPF POB 1000, Boscobel , WI. 53805 USA.
PS ; Noah , Miriam , Maggie and Friends ; All my love .
BLOG POST (4/3)
Dear James,
Outside / 2 Inside
(did I do this correctly?)
I want to thank you for your patience for this email, as I've tried to get caught up with my work these past few weeks, hence the small delay in my response back. I wanted to write that I got your forms in the mail yesterday, and it was a beautiful lily (?) drawing! I really love snail mail, and will make sure to cherish your handwritten letter dearly. I will send the filled out form to the prison, and to you separately, several of my most recent lino art, by the end of the day. Please let me know when you get them (I've had mail completely lost when I've sent it before), and it always makes me anxious because I never know if the mail is going to make it or not, alas.
My family does indeed live in Arizona -- specifically, Tucson! It's a small world that your friend Kjartan also lives there. He sent me a few electronic zines a few months ago, asking me to wait until further instructions. What would you like me to do with them? I've been fascinated by zines for a long time; some of them have this awesome political history to them, and I like the lo-fi aesthetic of it in a time of Digital Everything. I used to subscribe to a few zines, and even now, occasionally purchase some zines for my zine library. Zine culture has even been taken up in some of my undergraduate classrooms; last year, one of my professors had each of his students make a zine as a final class project, reflecting on politics and covid (this was right when covid reared its ugly head). The students REALLY loved it, because it allowed them to be more honest and creative in their thinking than usual essay assignments. Mark and I were chatting a few weeks ago, and he asked me to help him with something digital because he is a Luddite. I said that despite studying technology, I, too, am a Luddite. We had a nice chuckle over that.
I really appreciated reading your reflections on the horrifying Atlanta shootings. Thank you for that. I've been thinking a lot about white supremacy these past few weeks, and the urgency and importance of cross-racial solidarity. Within my friend circle of Asian Americans, we talk about historic patterns of racism and anti-Blackness within a lot of the older generation of Asian Americans. There are definitely real and legitimate tensions, especially between Black and Asian communities (neither one of which taken as a monolith of identity). These forms of racism are definitely a reality within older generations, and even among conservative younger folks. There are also younger, politically inclined Asian Americans who want to better understand the historical threads between white supremacy and US imperialism, who want to study how white supremacy drives this wedge between non-white communities -- what you aptly termed "stockholm syndrome" -- and how to proceed forward. A lot of the younger Asian Americans, especially after Atlanta and after Trump and his vicious covid rhetoric, are amped to mobilize. I think it's important to know how indebted this movement, however it looks like in the future, is dedicated to those in the Black radical tradition. It was because of Black organizers back in the 60s that many radical Asian American grassroots activists were able to build momentum. Even now, after attending a "Stop Asian Hate" rally last week in Albany, do I see how indebted these mobilizations are to Black Lives Matter. So these last few weeks I've been sitting with the life and words of Yuri Kochiyama, who was close to Malcom X, and Grace Lee Boggs, who was an activist for decades in Detroit, Michigan. I'm thinking about your comments about "global minority" and I think I no longer like the words "minority" that's used to describe BIPOC peoples -- because, you're right, BIPOC folks are not actually the minority compared to white people.
Noah, Miriam, and I have been slowly but surely editing your story. It is such a joy to both be able to read your writing and the vivid images that your words paint, and also to be able to work with the both of them on this project. We each edit about 10 pages at a time, and then "swap sections" to re-edit each other's pages. Then, about one hour per week, typically on Saturdays, all three of us meet over Zoom to help each other "finalize" the edits. Three pairs of eyes definitely beats one or two! Noah especially is bright and very well-organized, leading us and delegating tasks to us in an orderly, timely, and kind manner.
In your correspondence with other students, and maybe even Mark, have you come across difficulties in performativity? What I mean to say is this -- part of the reason why it's difficult to be "timely" is because it's admittedly difficult to read, to write, to try and form coherent thoughts. I've also noticed this in my students (I have 40 whom I see every Tuesday). Students are having a hard time focusing, turning in their assignments, etc. I also see it in my faculty and in my other graduate school peers. I think a lot about our work culture that endlessly forces people to work until they see their values as solely attached to their productivity, and it also hurts my heart.
I'm hoping that the filled out form reaches the office, and the art to you, swiftly. Greatly looking forward to our forthcoming Zoom session!
Kindly,
Maggie
BLOG POST (3/30)
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Dear Friends ; Second part of greater than I am .
Compassion and the individual
Tenzin Gyatso ; The Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Developing compassion
Some of my friends have told me that , while love and compassion are marvelous and good , they are not really very relevant. Our world, they say , is not a place where such beliefs have much influence or power. They claim that anger and hatred are so much a part of humans nature that humanity will always be dominated by them . I do not agree .
We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred - thousand years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred , our overall population would have decreased. But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever. This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world. And this is why unpleasant events are news, compassionate activities are so much part of daily life that they are taken for granted and , therefore , largely ignored .
So far I have been discussing mainly the mental benefits of compassion , but it contributes to good physical health as well , According to my personal experience, mental stability and physical well - being are directly related . Without question , anger and agitation make us more susceptible to illness . On the other hand, if the mind is tranquil and occupied with positive thoughts, the body will not easily fall prey to disease.
But of course it is also true that we all have an innate self - centeredness that inhibits our live for others. So,since we desire the true happiness that is brought about by only a calm mind , and since such peace of mind is brought about by only a compassionate attitude, how can we develop this ? Obviously, it is not enough for us simply to think about how nice compassion is ! We need to make a concerted effort to develop it ; we must use all the events of our daily life to transform our thoughts and behavior .
First of all , we must be clear about what we mean by compassion . Many firms of compassionate feeling are mixed with desire and attachment. For instance, the live patents feel of their child is often strongly associated with their own emotional needs, so it is not fully compassionate. Again, in marriage , the live between husband and wife- particularly at the beginning, when each partner still may not know the others' deeper character very well - depends more on attachment than genuine love . Our desire can be so strong that the person whom we are attached appears to be good,when in fact he or she is very negative. In addition, we have a tendency to exaggerate small positive qualities. Thus when one partners' attitude changes, the other partner is often disappointed and his or her attitude changes too. This is an indication that love has been motivated more by personal need than by genuine care for the other individual.
True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude towards others does not change even if they behave negatively.
Of course,developing thus kind of compassion is not all easy! As a start, let us consider the following facts :
Whether people are beautiful and friendly or unattractive and disruptive, ultimately they are human beings,just like oneself , they want happiness and do not want suffering. Furthermore, their right to overcome suffering and be happy is equal to one's own. Now, when you recognize that all beings are equal in both their desire for happiness and their right to obtain it , you automatically feel empathy and closeness for them . Through accustoming your mind to this sense of universal altruism,you develop a feeling of responsibility for others : the wish to help them actively overcome their problems. Nor is this wish selective ; it applies equal to all. As Ling as they are human beings experiencing pleasure and pain just as you do , there is no logical Bassi's to discriminate between them or to alter your concern for them if they behave negatively.
Let me emphasize that it is within your power, given patience and time , to develop this kind of compassion. Of course, our self - centeredness, our distinctive attachment to the feeling if an independent, self - existent ideology works fundamentally to inhibit our compassion. Indeed, true compassion can be experienced only when this type of self - grasping is eliminated. But this does not mean that we cannot start and make progress now.
His can we start
We should begin by removing the greatest hindrance to compassion : anger and hatred. As we all know , these are extremely powerful emotions and they can overwhelm our entire mind . Nevertheless, they can be controlled. If, however, they are not , these negative emotions will plague us - with no extra effort on our part!! - and impede our quest for the happiness of a loving mind.
So as a start , it is useful to investigate whether or not anger is of value . Sometimes, when we are discouraged by a difficult situation , anger does seem helpful, appearing to bring with it more energy, confidence and determination.
Here, though, we must examine our mental state carefully. While it is true that anger brings extra energy , if we explore the nature of this energy, we discover that it is blind: we cannot be sure whether its result will be positive or negative. Thus is because anger eclipses the vest part of our brain : its rationality . So the energy of anger is almost always unreliable. It can cause an immense amount of destructive, unfortunate behavior. Moreover, if anger increases to the extreme, one becomes like a mad person, acting in ways that ate damaging to oneself as they are to others.
It is possible, however, to develop an equally forceful but far more controlled energy with which to handle difficult situations
This controlled anger comes not only from a compassionate attitude, but also from reason and patience. These are the most powerful antidotes to anger. Unfortunately, many people misjudge these qualities as signs of weakness. I believe the opposite to be true : that they are the true signs of inner strength. Compassion is by nature gentle, peaceful and soft, but it is very powerful. It is those who easily lose patience who are insecure and unstable. Thus, to me , the arousal of anger is a direct sign of weakness.
Do, when a problem first arises , try to remain humble and maintain a sincere attitude and be concerned that the outcome is fair . Of course , others may try to take advantage of you, and if remaining detached only encourages unjust aggression, adopt a strong stand. This, however, should be done with compassion , and if it is necessary to express your views and take strong countermeasures, do so without anger or ill- intent .
You should realize that even though your opponents appears to be harming you , in the end , their destructive activity will damage only themselves. In order to check your own selfish impulse to retaliate, you should recall your desire to practice compassion and assume responsibility for helping prevent the other person from suffering the consequences of his or her acts.
Thus, because the measures you employ have been calmly chosen , they will be more effective , more accurate and more forceful. Retaliation based on blind energy seldom hits the target .
Friends and enemies
I must emphasize again that merely thinking that compassion and reason and patience ate good will not be enough to develop them. We must wait for difficulties to arise and then attempt to practise them .
And who creates such opportunities? Not our friends, of course, but our enemies. They ate the ones who give us the most trouble. So if we truly wish to learn , we should consider enemies our best teacher !
For a person who cherishes compassion and love , the practise of tolerance is essential, and for that, an enemy is indispensable. So we should feel grateful to our enemies, for it ius they who can best help us develop a tranquil mind !
Also , it is often the case in both personal and public life , that with change in circumstances, enemies become friends.
So anger and hatred are always harmful, and unless we train our minds and work to reduce their negative force , they will continue to disturb us and disrupt our attempts to develop a calm mind. Anger and hatred are our real enemies. These are the forces we mist need to confront and defeat, not the temporary enemies who appear intermittently throughout life.
Of course, it is natural and right that we all want friends . I often joke that if you really want to be selfish , you should be very altruistic ! You should take good care of others,be concerned for their welfare, help them , serve them , make more friends, make more smiles. The result? When you yourself need help, you find plenty of helpers ! If , on the other hand , you neglect the happiness of others , in the long term you will be the loser. And is friendship produced through quarrels and anger , jealousy and intense competitiveness ? I do not think so. Only affection brings us genuine close friends .
In today's materialistic society , if you have money and power , you seem to have many friends. But they ate not friends of yours, they are the friends of your money and power. When you lose your wealth and influence, you will find it very difficult to track these people down .
The trouble is that when things in the world go well for us , we become confident that we can manage ourselves and feel we do not need friends, but as our status and wealth decline , we quickly realize how wrong we were . That is the moment when we learn who is really helpful and who is completely useless. Do to prepare for that moment, to make genuine friends who will help us when the need arises, we ourselves must cultivate altruism!
Though sometimes people laugh when I say it, I myself always want more friends . I live smiles , in particular, genuine smiles. For there are many kinds of smile, such as sarcastic, artificial or diplomatic smiles. Many smiles produce no feeling of satisfaction, and sometimes they can even create suspicion or fear, can't they ? But a genuine smile really gives us a feeling of freshness and is, I believe, unique to human beings . If these are the smiles we want , then we ourselves must create the reason for them to appear .
Compassion and the world
In conclusion, I would like briefly to expand my thoughts beyond the topic of this short piece and make a wider point: individual happiness can contribute in a profound and effective way to the overall improvement of our entire human community .
Because we all share an identical need for live , it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or a sister. No matter how new the face or how different the dress and behavior, there is no significant division between us and other people. It is foolish to dwell on external differences, because our basic natures are the same.
Ultimately, humanity is one and this small planet is our only home , If we are to protect this home of ours, each of us needs to experience a vivid sense of universal altruism. It is only this feeling that can remove the self - centered motives that cause people to deceive and misuse one another .
If you have a sincere and open heart , you naturally feel self - worth and confidence, and there is no need to be fearful of others .
I believe that at every level in society - familial, tribal, national and international - the key to happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion . We do not need to become more religious, nor do we need to believe in an ideology . All that is necessary is for each of us to develop our good human qualities .
I treat whoever I meet as an old friend . Thus gives me a genuine feeling of happiness . It is the practise of happiness .
The Fourteenth Dalai Lama .
I don't have much in life . But occasionally I come across a treasure to gift my friends .
Support Action .
Individuals and non governmental organizations are encouraged to write to James Terry I I 373986 , WSPF POB 1000, Boscobel , WI. 53805 USA
BLOG POST (3/29)
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Dear Friends ; Somethings are bigger than I .
Compassion and the individual
By : Tenzin Gyatso ; The Fourth Dalai Lama
ONE GREAT QUESTION underlies our experience, whether we think about it consciously or not : What is the purpose of life ? I have considered this question and would like to share my thoughts in the hope that they may be of direct , practical benefit to those who read them .
I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy . From the moment of birth , every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering . Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affect this . From the very core of our being , we simply desire contentment. I don't know whether the universe, with its countless galaxies, stars and planets , has a deeper meaning or not , but at the very least , it is clear that we humans who live on this earth face the task of making a happy life for ourselves . Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness .
How to achieve happiness .
For a start , it is possible to divide every king of happiness and suffering into two main categories : mental and physical . Of the two , it is the mind that exerts the greatest influence on most of us . Unless we are either gravely ill or deprived of basic necessities, our physical condition plays a secondary role in life. If the body is content , we virtually ignore it . The mind , however , registers every event , no matter how small . Hence we should devote our most serious efforts to bringing about mental peace .
From my own limited experience I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion .
The more we care for the happiness of others , the greater our own sense of well - being becomes . Cultivating a close , warm - hearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease . This helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter . It is the ultimate source of success in life .
As long as we live in this world we are bound to encounter problems. If , at such times , we lose hope and become discouraged , we diminish our ability to face difficulties . If , on the other hand, we remember that it is not just ourselves but every one who has to undergo suffering , this more realistic perspective will increase our determination and capacity to overcome troubles . Indeed , with this attitude , each new obstacle can be seen as yet another valuable opportunity to improve our mind !
Thus we can strive gradually to become more compassionate , that is we can develop both genuine sympathy for others' suffering and the will to help remove their pain . As a result , our own serenity and inner strength will increase .
Our need for love .
Ultimately, the reason why love and compassion bring the greatest happiness is simply that our nature cherishes them above all else . The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence . It results from the profound interdependence we all share with one another. However capable and skillful an individual may be , left Aline , he or she will not survive . However vigorous and independent one may feel during the most prosperous periods of life , when one is sick or very young or very old , one must depend on the support of others .
Inter - dependence, of course , is a fundamental law of nature . Not only higher forms of life but also many of the smallest insects are social beings who , without any religion , law or education , survive by mutual cooperation based on an innate recognition of their interconnectedness. The most subtle level of material phenomena is also governed by interdependence. All phenomena from the planet we inhabit to the oceans , clouds , forest and flowers that surround us , arise in dependence upon subtle patterns of energy . Without their proper interaction , they dissolve and decay .
It is because our own human existence is so dependent on the help of others that our need for live lies at the very foundation of our existence . Therefore we need genuine sense if responsibility and a sincere concern for the welfare of others .
We have to consider what we human beings really ate . We are not like machine - made objects . If we are merely mechanical entities , then machines themselves could alleviate all of our sense of sufferings and fulfill our needs .
However , since we are not solely material creatures , it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone . Instead, we should consider our origins and nature to discover what we require .
Leaving aside the complex question of the creation and evolution of our universe , we can at least agree that each of us is the product of our parents . In general , our conception took place not just in the context of sexual desire but from our parents ' decision to have a child . Such decisions are founded on responsibility and altruism - the patents compassionate commitment to care for their child until it is able to take care of itself. Thus , from the very moment of our conception , our parents ' love is directly in our creation .
Moreover , we are completely dependent upon our mothers ' care from the earliest stages of our growth . According to some scientists, a pregnant woman's mental state , be it calm or agitated , has a direct physical effect on her unborn child .
The expression of love is also very important at the time of birth . Since the very first thing we do is suck milk from our mother's breast , we naturally feel close to her , and she must feel love for us in order to feed us properly: if she feels anger or resentment her milk may not flow freely .
Then there is the critical period of brain development from the time of birth up to at least the age of three or four , during which time loving physical contact is the single most important factor for the normal growth of the child . If the child is not held , hugged , cuddled or loved , its development will be impaired and its brain will not mature properly .
Since a child cannot survive without the care of others , love is its most important nourishment. The happiness of childhood , the allaying of the child's many fears and the healthy development of its self - confidence all depend directly upon love .
Nowadays , many children grow up in unhappy homes . If they do not receive proper affection, in later life they will rarely love their parents and , not infrequently, will find it hard to live others . This is very sad .
As children grow older and enter school, their need for support must be met by their teachers . If a teacher not only imparts academic education but also assumes responsibility for preparing students for life , his or her pupils will feel trust and respect and what has been taught will leave an indelible impression on their minds . On the other hand , subjects taught by a teacher who does not show true concern for his or her students ' overall well - being will be regarded as temporary and not retained long .
Similarly, if one is sick and being treated in hospital by a doctor who evinces a warm human feeling , one feels at ease and the doctors ' desire to give the best care is itself curative , irrespective of the degree of his or her technical skill . On the other hand , if one's doctor lacks human feeling and displays an unfriendly expression , impatience or casual disregard , one will feel anxious, even if he or she is the moist highly qualified doctor and the disease has been correctly diagnosed and the right medication prescribed. Inevitably, patients' feelings make a difference to the quality and completeness of their recovery .
Even when we engage in ordinary conversation in everyday life , if someone speaks with human feeling we enjoy listening , and respond accordingly ; the whole conversation becomes interesting , however unimportant thee topic may be . On the other hand, if a person speaks coldly or harshly , we feel uneasy and wish for a quick end to the interaction . From the least to the mist important event , the affection and respect of others are vital for our happiness .
Recently I met a group of scientists in America who said that the rate of mental illness in their country was quite high - around twelve percent of the population . It became clear during our discussion that the main cause of depression was not a lack of material necessities but a deprivation of the affection of the others .
So , as you can see from everything I have written so far , one thing seems clear to me : whether or not we are consciously aware of it , from the day we are born , the need for human affection is in our very blood . Even if the affection comes from an animal or someone we would normally consider an enemy , both children and adults will naturally gravitate towards it .
I believe that no one is born free from the need for love . And this demonstrates that , although some modern schools of thought seek to do so , human beings cannot be defined solely physical. No material object , however beautiful or valuable , can make us feel loved , because our deeper identity and true character lie in the subjective nature of the mind .
This concludes this part due to battery charge . Still waiting for new charger to arrive .
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BLOG POST (3/24)
Inside / 2 Outside
Penitentiary / 2 Society
Justice For James Terry
Dear Maggie and Friends ; Just wanted to write on a few things real quick . The fuse on my charger has blown , so I've a need to conserve power . I've already ordered a new one and don't know how long it will take to arrive .
Maggie ;
You mentioned from Arizona last time .
My current best friends name is Kjartan Arnorsson , 1505 W.St. Mary's RD.#123 , Tucson ,AZ. 85745
Email : kjartana@gmail.com
He emailed you 3 zines that he publishes and I'm suppose to let you know why at a later date . Do you recall ?
Where from in AZ. ?
I was only 21 days in Wisconsin , truly was living in Iowa City , IA . prior wrongful conviction in Madison , WI . Over my life I've lived in a lot of cold climates . Exceptions were 2 years in California and 7 years in South Carolina .
First time I've ever learned cis - woman terminology . Not sure 100% I understand . What college did you graduate from in Atlanta and where are you doing graduate school at ?
My 2 sisters whom don't communicate with me live in Fredricksville , GA. and take care of mother whom suffers Parkinson's Disease .
Your food pantry / food delivery voluntarism is noble . I write a lot of 70 + women and one does Meals On Wheels . This pandemic has introduced plenty of new people sadly to a lack of access to groceries .
As far as what we should talk about over this blog .
If we make a decision its guaranteed to change .
What's on our minds , current events , an introduction to your field of expertise , life in general , tears , fears and triumphs in our rears .
Our personal struggles , global growing pains and the tantrums of this teenager aged nation compared to other adult aged countries .
Then there's lino printing . Sounds like you are considering mailing me some art . If so , will be appreciated .
Simply , be careful so that I receive .
Never any metals or plastic . Keep down to sketch , drawing , tracing or rubbings . This way never denied .
As for extra Visitor Questionnaire forms mailed to your address .
These are option for either Noah & Miriam or individuals in close proximity to you that may be curious . 20 minutes goes by real quick !!
As for cell confinement 30 days punishment . Without hyperbole , I've over 19 of past 20 years lived in long term solitary confinement . What it does is take away my phone calls Wednesdays & Fridays and outside recreation for 1 hour 15 minutes Mondays & Thursdays for next 30 days .
I find strength with my Band Aid Family !
We are just getting started !
Mark told me about GoFundMe set back in an email .
We pivot , we build , we struggle , we fight and continue to unite so any / all disenfranchised may stand .
Simpatico .
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Please post a picture of yourself , a meal or scenic view per posting , if easily can be accomplished.
Love & respect to all .
One Love / No Hate
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BLOG POST (2/2)
Greetings and Salutations my Friends;
Let's be clear with one another: Justice For James Terry is equivalent to an inmate winning the lottery!
Faith has bestowed upon me a grassroots support system that affords the opportunity to not only raise funds for The state of WI. v. James Terry II case no. 98 cf 2416 post-conviction legal defense fund but also the luxury to entertain you with this Inside Penitentiary→ Outside Penitentiary / Society blog.
The art of communication. What's a blog? Seriously, I don't even know.
What I do realize is that, I just may have the tact and finesse to go viral with a little help from my friends.
How should I proceed?
I could go Howard Stern on you with "SHOCK TALK " faking to be a radio jock.
TYPING EVERYTHING IN ALL CAPS AS IF A LUNATIC CONSPIRACY THEORIST RELATED TO "Q!”
Or... I can introduce you to penitentiary humor that's laced in racism, as if Don Imus.
Regardless of how I may feel on any given day. Please take into consideration that be it politics, news, sports, comedy, creative writing exercise, etc… This content of my blogs will be for your enjoyment and based on your feedback, after the official launch date of February 14, 2021.
The reason that I will not be focusing on my case is that an ongoing revision of my true crime novel, "JT's story of Justice Denied," will soon be complete. You can read more about it then or look at the readily available handwritten version on my site.
You've got to invest in reading my creative writing section of science fiction. Poor Richard 3.0 has an alternative Donald J. Trump character!
Other parts of our strategy includes celebrities, socialites and people who have struggled; won or sadly been defeated by travesties of justice. How can we locate them and also bring national attention to my case?
My cause for a call for philanthropists is worthy of contributions; do I lean on the concerned citizens or reach out to an "Angel Investor"?
Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, and others lost their battle over gang leader Tookie Williams' fight for justice.
The Queen of Prison Reform, Kim Kardashian West was successful with Alice Maria Johnson case. Serial Podcast owner Jason From helped behind the scenes .
Hell! Even the once most hated woman in America!, if not the planet, is worthy of reaching out to.
Casey Anthony is the registered owner (Registered to Patrick McKenna residence in West Palm Beach) of "Case Research and Consulting Services LLC.” I don't know if she killed her child or not.
But, I do believe that second chances don't discriminate .
If I could reach all of the above and more enlightened citizens would I?
"Yes!"
Who picks you up when you're down?
On other pages on this site you'll learn of non governmental organizations with lofty goals and civic minded messaging.
Kindly browse with an open mind: embrace the scholars, academics, college students and volunteers that manage this site.
Please donate responsibly to secure pay portals by credit or debit card.
22 years and counting I've been wrongfully imprisoned for crimes that I never committed.
Critical Resistance volunteers (that you will learn about ) have a core belief system of Abolishing Prisons!
It moved me when Scripps College Professor Mark Golub said, "Regardless of guilt or innocence. We are here to support you Mr. Terry! We simply believe prisons are an inhumane way to treat another human being."
Now, we collaborate in our fight to gain equality, truth, justice, my freedom and for the abolishment of the penal system.
Do you care to have an authentic prison experience, embrace a black man, and lift up the underdog?
I don't speak much slang, don't wear tattoos, and I run from racial stereotypes.
With a $50,000 or more campaign, we are just getting started.
Help an innocent man.
Allow me to be your guy.
Support Action .
Individuals and nongovernmental organizations are encouraged to write to : James Terry I I 373986 , Wisconsin Secure Program Facility POB 1000 , Boscobel , WI. 53805 USA Full disclosure : Due to inmates not being allowed social media pages and direct computer access James Terry by phone will attempt to stay abreast of email messages you leave on the site .
Post pictures , leave a message, leave mailing address and email contact information to be forwarded to James if you would like and we will comply .
For your consideration.
Thank you .
BLOG POST (1/31)
Dear Friends;
This blog is going out to not only my top three mentors but also society at large. Do you Zoom? If you had the opportunity to interview me free of charge would you?
My true crime story hinges on a racial profile stereotype hoax accusation of forced act of fellatio and kidnapping in 1998 that never occurred.
Novice investigators and armchair detectives are encouraged to write to me to receive a visitation questionnaire to fill out and mail back to this institution for approval. Once approved you can email the prison and schedule a 20 minute Zoom visitation with me.
The three pages of instructions to do vistitations are up on my site (can we add a drop down with a “how to visit” page? Can it be hyperlinked here?)
Now that's an interesting blog from my perspective.
My mainstay reliables will receive visitor questionnaire forms in the mail to fill out and return to the institution address.
Professor Mark Golub will receive 10 forms for any students, Critical Resistance volunteers or grassroot supporters that may wish to interview me then write an essay and post online @www.JusticeForJamesTerry.Weebly.com.
Finally there's the globally community.
Who will show up first?
Asia, Africa, Australia?
Antarctica, The North Pole?
Come on South, Central, and North America! Overwhelm me with introductory letters, greeting cards and pictures.
As Native Son will my French Allies across the globe choose to embrace me as kindred souls? Evreux, France 14/7/64 . Show me some love, my birthplace!
I can ZOOM with anyone that's willing to write me requesting a visitation questionnaire form, who has a willingness to fill it out and mail back for approval.
Hebrews 13 : 1-3
Let brotherly love continue. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. Remember the prisoners as if chained with them * those who are mistreated * since you yourselves are in the body also.
Will you be my guardian angel of mercy?
This is my favorite Bible quote. Honestly, I don't need to be preached to. I've been overwhelmed taking Bible courses, spoken to as if a fool by religious zealots and thumped repeatedly with the Bible.
From my fathers death in 2005, until 2017 I was broke, alone, couldn't use the telephone, didn't know anybody in society, couldn't afford to purchase anything due to extreme poverty, only earned 90¢ every two weeks after debts paid, and I learned to fight for freedom.
Thirsty, and hungry! Even to this day I yearn for the truth, the equality I'm entitled to, the freedom that I've been denied and justice for vindicating my name .
In 2017, Kjartan Arnorsson, of Tucson, AZ. came in my life and treated me as all people are supposed to treat one another.
The institution's telephone service provider changed. Now I can call people who are not on my visitation list.
The only approved visitor I have is a deceased person – my father!
This is soon to change! I'm inviting you, dear friend, reading this blog, to become an activist in my life.
Kjartan clothed me, comforted me, lifted my head when I was down and continues to be my best friend .
Professor Mark Golub has provided me with the essentials of perfecting a miracle. Manifesting into reality my vision board. I always knew that I couldn't do it by myself and needed an academic. True enough, I visualized a Professor and students .
Always thought it would be from the University of Wisconsin or instate.
Amazingly, the Critical Resistance call line for inmates granted access to this academic scholar–a man with a heart, soul, and conscience to uplift the voice of a voiceless man.
I'm not the young man that I used to be. At 56 I'm looking for not only philanthropists for donating to my post conviction legal defense funds: but also, lifelong meaningful relationships, attendees of my funeral, and, if an age appropriate woman found me worthy of her love and affection, I am receptive to corresponding with you.
I've since 1998 never once had a visit. Even though visitors' last words to loved ones incarcerated are, “Is there anything that you need?"
I would simply be satisfied with, "Until we meet again!"
I'm allowed 20 approved visitors on my list. I have room for 19 until I remove my deceased fathers name, then 20 .
May I count on your support?
Request a visitors questionnaire form or say “Hello!"
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BLOG POST (1/27)
What's troubling you today? Do we truly understand each other's struggles?
COVID - 19 lies, conspiracies and hidden realities frighten me. At one of the worst times in global history, while incarcerated in prison, I'm doing my best to rally troops and make friends with strangers.
The Lies!
Americans are being led to believe that miraculously our society will see some sort of normalcy by the end of summer 2021. With President Joe Biden's administration in place, vaccinations supposedly are purchased to inoculate 300 million Americans. Allegedly, this means herd immunity can largely be achieved in near future. Yet we are being told to follow the science.
Conspiracy theorists encourage other Americans to become anti - vaxxers! They believe the inoculations are forms of political population controls to cull the weak, meek, and inferior. Whomever they may be. Power brokers perspective and staunch believers of capitalism. A small few with a history of allergies have had adverse reactions . No reported deaths to my knowledge.
The conspirator spreads misinformation; sadly, they believe extremist perspectives, laced with irrational thoughts and hedged with truisms. A sound foundation in order to perpetuate propaganda, entangled in fallacies of slippery slopes leading to the edge of cliffs and falling into a sea of lies. All started with one drop of doubt.
Yet, professionals, celebrities and people of letters from every nook and corner buy into these conspiracies – more so for social connections with like minded individuals, than to stand alone, by oneself.
The Hidden Reality is that we are 3 distinct World's.
The Developed World,
Underdeveloped World,
The Third World!
At the rate the Developed World is purchasing vaccinations, the Underdeveloped World is barely able to secure vaccinations. Third World countries to be granted debt relief in order to secure billions of vaccinations!
How long do you believe it will take for, "Global Herd Immunity," to occur?
Nothing less than, Global Herd Immunity is acceptable.
So, the truth is:
Train yourself now, during, and after vaccination. Continue for seven years at minimum, wear your mask, social distance two meters, avoid large public gatherings, wear two masks on flights after inoculation, restrain from touching your face, and continue to wash your hands.
Remember! This Mother is continuing to mutate and humanity at large is under a viral attack.
There is a global consortium that's currently raising funds for global inoculations to benefit Third World and Underdeveloped Nations, but The Developed countries are buying up the vaccinations at breakneck speed, even though they have large subsections of their own citizens unwilling to have administered inoculation against COVID - 19.
As previously mentioned, educational background, wealth, and/or race doesn't play a major factor in Developed countries citizens unwilling to take it. In America, across the board, only 40% (as reported by the media) are willing to take the shot.
True enough white people are receiving the majority of shots in initial rollout, but people of color don't have first priority access, regardless of their need.
Our / their neighborhoods don't have the economic structure in place to administer shots. Plus– city planners naturally designed inner cities so that those of greater means and affluence have direct access to health care. Especially in an emergency.
Check out the response time for first responders in black hoods versus white suburbia!
Retirement homes, nursing homes, and senior citizen retirement condominiums aren't for the poor.
Economically depressed regions nationally and globally must be sent vaccinations with a sense of urgency so that this global pandemic doesn't continue to mutate to more severe and highly lethal strains.
Do we really understand one another's struggle?
This time, we must, in order to succeed.
We are interconnected to such a degree and living on such a small planet that only the largest attempt in humanities history to eradicate this disease must be mobilized!
It's troubling to me, to see such a waste of precious life because we forget that we are our neighbor's keeper.
Who picks you up when you are down?
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Individuals and non governmental organizations are encouraged to write to : James Terry I I 373986, Wisconsin Secure Program Facility , POB 1000 , Boscobel , WI . 53805 USA .