greetings from sherborn Mass. Diane, Gabe Max and I drove down this afternoon to suprise my dad for his 79th birthday. My mom was having a small party for him and we decided to show up just for fun. We got here about 6:30 just before the pother guests started to arrive. Dad was really happy and suprised to see us..   It was a really nice gathering of folks.. including my dad’s cosin Sam and his wife Martha. Sam’s a physicist at harvard doing research  in magnetic resonance imaging… he immedialtly started talking to me abotu his research which was very cool. My folks are both doing well… my mom made gumbo loaded full of okra.. THat’s always been one of my dad’s favorite dishes. He grew up in Lousiana… It was really nice being here for the party. I took a bunch of pictures.. but .. alas.. I forgot to bring any cables to pull them down. I’ll post them tomorrow. In fact.. I’ll do everything tomorrow. I can hardly keep my eyes open right now.. Talk to you all tomorrow. Happy birthday dad.. nite everyone.. nite Sam.. (there are tons of pictures of you here)

-me