Bloggy Thom

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Autumn at home in southern Illinois

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At her sister's apartment in Taejon, my wife and her nephew. Beautiful mother of pearl wardrobe in background.

2009-03-30T20:16:00.000-07:00

Driving down the road on the way to Kumsan. Notice the wildflowers along the roadway.

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A traditional korean house setting.

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Taken while touring in car in South Korea.

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In South Korea, road side wild flowers. Wild flowers grow along many of the roads in South Korea (really beautiful).

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Sony in the village were she was born, Eum Dae-Ri.

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A mountain lookout view in South Korea.

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Up in the mountains in South Korea. We stopped at this small village along the road.

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The wife and I on the beach on a cool day in South Korea in October.

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In South Korea in October 2007, KangHwa Do area. Cool morning along the sea.

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My wife, brother-in-law and sister-in-law in South Korea alongside the Sea of Japan. It was a cool and windy day but love the beach.

Security Glass

2008-09-30T19:32:00.000-07:00

This is a strange photo. A window chuck full of cash. Take a look and tell me what you think of this picture: Photo

THANK GOD for my Mother

2008-08-03T20:08:00.000-07:00

I drove down to Clinton, TN from Fairview Heights, IL to visit my Mother who is recovering from her 3rd bout with cancer. Bless her heart, she is 73 years old and has had breast, lung and now brain cancer. She has went through so much in the last 10 months. She has taken all the punishing treatments (i.e. chemotherapy, radiation twice) and they definitely have taken their toll on her body but THANK GOD, she is still with us. She had 30 days of chemo and radiation at the end of 2007 to treat her lung cancer. The treatment was successful and destroyed the cancer or at least broke the cells up. Her lungs have stayed clear. Her body was slowly recoverying when in June 08 she had a minor seizure while driving. Again, THANK GOD she was able to pull off the road safely and eventually drive herself to a hospital. She found out that the cancer had reappeared in her brain (probably those same cells from here lung that were broken up). The cancer appears to be in the early stage of development. The doctors said they think she has a chance to beat this cancer also because they have caught it so early. I love my Mother dearly. She is such an inspiration to me. She has an iron clad will to live and is such a strong determined woman. I THANK GOD that she is my Mother. Its true what they say, the earlier the cancer is found, the better chance you have of surviving the disease. Pay attention to your body and see the doctor as soon as possible if you see or feel any abnormalities. Early detection is the key!

Rookie Blog

2008-07-25T19:33:00.000-07:00

Hey! I'm blogging now. This is a new thing for me. I thought I'd give it a try. I don't know how its going to go but what the heck, I'll carry on my thoughts here. Aut oh! that means I got to have some intelligent thoughts to convey. Well, I work on it.