Wasco, Ca 16/11/07
01/12/07 14:42
Dear sweet Valerie,
as you can see from the pen writing and the yellow paper I have been able to buy some stationary and coffee and shower shows (I guess you can see it also from the simple fact that I am writing to you since I was left completely without envelops too .
In the past 3 days I have received 10 letters and 2 cards and I assure you that they are a big help in coping with what is going on! I was expecially happy to see a letter form you from the 8 th and another from the 9 th because that tells me that you’re still in contact (I don’t ask you how things are going but please know that I am praying for you and waiting for some words from you whenever you’ll feel up to it).
The letters are so many that I’m gonna take my time during the weekend to reply but I needed to write this first quick response to ask you for help for a couple of practical problems (so you can refer them to Katia and Valentina early next week) and to get out some important info about my situation.
Wednesday I wrote you with my last envelope guessing that my sentence had been postponed because all of a sudden they scratched me from Tuesday the 13th transport to Avenal (no doubts about it being intentional since as I told you they got a non scheduled inmate from this same building to pack up and go at the last minute in my place)! Don’t worry I have not developed a psychical capability I just thought that the only good reason to keep me here would be to “gag me” as they have done for the last 2 months and that would have been useful only to avoid me working and communicating with the outside world while resentencing is pending.
Today I got confirmation in 2 letters of the 10th that my sentencing has been postponed to sometime in December .
A couple of practical things now: I still have not been able to get my properties back so my first problem is that I do not have stamps to write to Italy, can you tell Katia and Enrica of the consulate to get me some or send me some envelops for Italy? (in the meanwhile I‘ll try to trade coffee for some) if I can’t get my stuff back they’ll not let me take with me additional stuff I am concerned about losing this new mail. I have 2 possibilities: help from the consulate to get my properties or add to the packpage or 10-15 more $ on my account because as a stupld I used up the 50 $ katia sent me … . Can you ask katia to do either one? With 10-15 $ I can put the mail in a large envelope and send it to you (as always) and only lose the coffee and small stuff!
Again, tell katia to tell everybody that I‘ll answer as soon as I can find stamps or the consulate helps me, for Valentina Mara Elisa Daniela of carlo_free and Cristina, Elisa of Secondo Protocollo I’ll write also something through you during the weekend … one last thing, Giovanni Bini and Giuseppe Lollodi say I should not think I am the target of “special attention” !!! could katia explain them this latest episode ?
Please …
Love Carlo.