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Congratulations and all the love in the world for my parents, Roberta and Charles Walker, who were married 50 years ago today in Detroit.

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I’m visiting my sister’s family in the Cleveland, Ohio area. We just put a severe hurt on turkey and trimmings, and now I’m indulging with a spot of peach cobbler and my birthday cake, which my wonderful niece Taylor was nice enough to bake for me. I’d ordinarily be linking to some action shots on Flickr but I left my camera on the dining room table so you’ll have to just imagine us all sprawled across the family room in tryptothan torpor. There are worse ways to be.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow yanks and, um, happy Thursday to the rest of y’all.

:: Dave Walker 19:27 (EST/EDT) [+] ::

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After reading my post about my recent Canadian business trip, my Dad sent along a few scans of some photos he took during some of the camping trips we took in Ontario during the early 1980’s. Thanks, Dad!

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A very, very happy 1st birthday to little Amber, an angel beyond compare.

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Taylor Johnson, my niece, and her softball team, the Shaker Heights (Ohio) Red Devils, won the Willoughby League Girls (12 and under) championship Thursday night. They were undefeated throughout the regular season. They played the 2nd place team for the League Championship in a best 2 of 3 games. They won the 1st game, lost the 2nd and they won in a nailbiter Thursday night, 10-7. They were down 5-0 at the top of the 4th and then in the bottom of the 4th and 5th innings, they came back to tie it up. The other team, The Closet of Willoughby, scored in the top of the 6th to make it 7-5 and our girls came back in the bottom of the 6th to score 5 more runs and make it 10-7. They retired The Closet in the top of the 7th, 1,2,3 and won thus won the game. Taylor is a rightfielder.

There’s a small gallery here.

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My niece, flying, pics courtesy of Meaghan’s dad.

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Congratulations to my niece, Meaghan Johnson. Her high school track team finshed second overall in the Ohio Division III (Girls) state track championships, and her relay squad won the 4x200 relays. Though only a freshman, Meaghan competed on the varsity squad this year.

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I took a quick trip to Cleveland to visit my sister Karen and help her set up her new computer. It’s always great to see her and her two lovely daughters, Meaghan and Taylor.

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Subject: Only in Florida

Just watched the space shuttle launch while standing at the window in my breakfast room. As the onboard camera focussed back toward earth, I could see the shuttle in the sky by looking out the window and out over the pool.

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