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A few photographs from our Thanksgiving celebration yesterday evening.  After pumpkin pie with fresh coffee, The Young Master's bedtime, and clean-up, The Grand Duchess and I retired early to binge watch two episodes of Endeavor online.  You know.  Living life out there on the bloody edge.  But Sean Evans, Roger Allam, and the rest of the cast are excellent.  Amazing writing and cinematography too.  Plus, of course, the backdrop of Oxford in the U.K.  A delightful way to round out the day.

Off to a ski shop today to have some bindings mounted to a new pair of cross-country skis for the coming season plus a bit of exploring in Ann Arbor before we return home to pick up our son, who is doing a day-long Tae Kwon Do clinic to prepare for his upcoming Black Belt Recommended test next week.  And some delicious leftovers for dinner this evening.

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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