William Holly ( "Bear" )
                               DEATH ROW,  MISSOURI
       
            Penpal Request - November 2005

Hi, I’m Bill.  I’m looking for someone who would enjoy the adventure of sharing life with me.  Someone ‘real’, for honesty is a big issue with me.  Someone with a good sense of humour, imagination and creativity.  Someone who enjoys learning, teaching, and sharing the world’s many diverse wonders; who likes exploring life and actually ‘living’ --- not just existing.  This is the kind of friendship I’m looking for: something genuine, meaningful, and of mutual interest.

 

I’m open-minded and nonjudgmental.  A good listener.  I’m an animal lover and lover of nature.  I love motorcycling, hockey, and beach volleyball.  My personality and pleasures are expanding and broadening.  Take art: a few years ago I knew nothing of Bellini, Gogh, etc.  But now, I’ve fallen in love with art and enjoy learning about it.  The same for music (from Mozart to Metallica), the theatre, poetry, literature (I read everything from Shakespeare to Terry Pratchett!), philosophy, religion, science, and so much more.

 

Life is full of things I want to learn more about and experience, but on my own, I’d miss so much.  Plus, where is the joy of being able to share these things with someone who also appreciates them … unless I can first find that someone?

 

They say that the ‘journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step’, but I believe the ‘journey of friendship begins with the first letter’!  So, won’t you please write me.

 

Sincerely, Bill


William Holly #81379
DEATH ROW: Unit 32-C
Parchman, MS.
38738   USA




      
                William's Original Penpal Request

    WANTED: EYES. EARS. & LEGS!  

<>My name is William Holly (some friends call me the Bear), I am an inmate on Death Row in the state of Mississippi (in the USA); and I'd like to ask for your help: your eyes, ears and legs! Let me explain..Back when I was seventeen; young and foolish, I made the worst mistake that a person could make, a mistake that cost another man his life, for which the state now says that I shall be executed.  I'm not here to argue whether their decision is right or wrong-I can't justify my past, not without seemingly making light of what happened, which is something that I don't want to do-but I am here to ask your help; to help me live out the remainder of my day, however long or short they may be-that's in God's hands-in a way that is both honest and productive.
I would like use of your eyes, ears, and legs in order to help me find a way to earn (that's right, EARN!) a small but steady income. I can write a little and I can also draw a bit (mostly the comic-type stuff-and I only have pencil and paper to work with, no colors!), or who knows what type of interesting little things are possible from in here! And that's exactly where I need and want your help: do you know of papers, magazines, or some other type of periodical that solicits and pays for stories, poems, articles, little comics, or whatnots?

<>Do you have friends who may know of some?
Can you find some on the Net, local paper, through your church, or place of employment?
Will you be my eyes, ears, and legs to find such?

<>You maybe wondering why someone on Death Row would want to earn some cash in the first place, after all, the State provides for everything-right? WRONG! The state provides me with three hots' (more like colds'!) and a cot; and not a whole lot more!
(Okay, state clothes and the bare-bone basics in hygiene and that's it!). Not the stamps I need, or the paper, envelopes, shampoo, deodorant, ribbon for my typewriter or the books that I like to study. And plus, I'd like to help my mother; she's struggling out there-and hey, it would be nice to be able to by a Christmas present for her too every now and again!Some people in places like this would rather keep looking for handouts from their friends, family, or whoever; and some have no other choice. But I have some abilities and I want to use them. I don't want to have to ask friends and family for the pocket change that their out there working hard for. And I won't run games or "hustle"  fund out of folks-I'd rather go to sleep hungry than get a few snacks like that. So, that's why I want your help.

Can you help ?   Will you help ?   Will you be my eyes, ears, and legs ? ? ? ?

William Holly #81379
DEATH ROW: Unit 32-C
Parchman, MS.
38738   USA


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