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He is a glorious sight to behold

He is a glorious sight to behold

When she was nineteen months old, Helen Keller suffered what was most likely Scarlet Fever, which left her blind. She wrote in her autobiography, The Story of My Life, “In the dreary month of February, came the illness which closed my eyes and ears. The doctor thought I could not live. Early one morning, however, the fever left me as suddenly and mysteriously as it had come. There was great rejoicing in the family that morning, but no one, not even the doctor, knew that I should never see or hear again.

Get out the vote, Milam County

Get out the vote, Milam County

This is a busy time here in Milam County and the State of Texas as a whole with the biennial state constitution election and the third called special session of the state legislature in Austin. Besides the 14 State Constitutional Propositions on the ballot this year, there is a county-wide vote on the proposed Emergency Services District (ESD) to handle the future of ambulance coverage here in Milam County.

Delicious burre blanc sauce

Delicious burre blanc sauce

When I was on vacation eating all that delicious seafood, some of it was served with a burre blanc, which is French for white butter sauce. It was so good that I think we should all learn how to make it. This is Julia Child’s recipe, therefore foolproof if you do exactly what it says.

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