William Thomas
                       1440 N Street N.W. 
                        Washington, D.C.
                              20005
                                              October, 31, 1988
Dear Mom:
     Received your letter of the 24th a couple of days ago.
     Thanks for the stamps.  They came in handy.
     Glad to hear that your medical prognosis is "exceptionally
good."   Hope it only gets better.
     Sorry for overlooking your request about my legal name and
address.  As far as I'm concerned my legal name is William Thomas,
actually I think Thomas is sufficient.  To the best of my knowledge
that name is "legal."  They use it in court all the time, they use
it in the news media, and everybody knows me by that name.  I've
heard, but haven't actually researched it myself, that if a person
uses a name for two years that name becomes their "legal" name. 
I've used Thomas for over nine years now.  As for the address,
either 1440 N Street, N.W., Apt. 410, (20005) or P.O. Box 27217
(20038) should do. 
     It was very nice to see Cheryl.  Unfortunately she couldn't
stay very long.  Hope to see her again.
     Is Bruce feeling better?  Maybe he can contact me.  I'd also
like Brad's address.  
     What can you expect from an attorney?
     Sunrise's legal battle has to do with none other than
"camping."  It's crazy, but his mom is becoming very interested in
the whole mess, and we are hoping something good will come out of
it all.
     Our fund for the video camera never went too well.  We had to
spend $80 for some printing that we thought was important, so only
$120 remains in the fund.  However, it looks quite sure that a
woman is actually going to buy exactly the camera that Ellen
wanted, and give it to us.  The two of them went shopping around
for the best price a couple of days ago, and tonight they spent a
couple of hours talking about it.  As I understand it all she wants
in return is for Ellen to do a documentary about a project the
woman is involved in feeding homeless people, something that Ellen
encouraged the woman to start.  We shall see.
     Ellen's mother, daughter, son-in-law, and a couple of cousins
stopped by a couple of weeks ago.  We went to dinner, and had a
nice talk.  That made Ellen happy.
     Honestly, I can't think of a single thing we could use from
Hong Kong, or Seoul.  But thanks for the thought.
     I'm enclosing the latest filing in our civil case against the
government.   I suppose it's my masterpiece.  Hope you find it
interesting.
     Have a safe trip.  Perhaps you'll be able to stop by on your
way home.

                              Love, your son,

                              Thomas (it feels awkward to         
                              identify myself otherwise)