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Third in a series – My travel story picks up from the last installment with a fast train ride. The trip from Reims to Paris was only about 50 minutes, so it was early afternoon when the train entered the busy Paris Gare de l’Est (East station).

1 pkg. smoked sausage/ andouille 4 oz.

3 cups almonds 2 large eggs 1 pint whole milk Panola Cajun Hot Sauce 6 trout fillets (snapper fillets or catfish fillets will work too) 2 cups flour Panola Blackened Fish Seasoning Panola Clearly Hot Sauce 1 lb. of butter 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar DIRECTIONS Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.

Beyond Bunches Bend By Trey Phillips - Second in a series - Last time, I wrote about boarding the train in Strasbourg bound for Reims, France. As I mentioned, I knew nothing about Reims (pronounced like “France” but without the F).

Madelyn Dane Taylor and Stephen Madden Fortenberry were married December 21, 2024, at Gulf Hills Hotel and Resort in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The bride, 22, will receive her BSN at the Kitty Degree School of Nursing in May. The groom, 23, received his bachelors degree in agronomy from Mississippi State University. He works as a farmer. Maddie is the daughter of Mandy and Dane Taylor of Lake Providence. Madden is the son of Lisa and Matt Fortenberry, also of Lake Providence. The couple, who met on their first day of seventh grade at Briarfield Academy, are middle school sweethearts. After their honeymoon in Antigua, they returned to Lake Providence where they will make their home.

To say that my mother is so dearly missed by her son, Boo, because I enjoyed eating Thanksgiving Dinner with my mom on Thanksgiving in the year of 2017, 2018, 2019 at my dining room table. I had memories of my mom on this Thanksgiving for the year of 2024 because I really did enjoy eating with my mom and talking to my mom every day and laughing together because that meant a whole lot for mother and son to be together.

Editor’s note: East Carroll Banner is starting a new feature in this issue – a travelogue, written by Trey Phillips, who grew up in Lake Providence and has worked as a lawyer for 33 years in solo private practice and in public service roles.

Do you ever feel like you are meeting yourself coming sometimes? It sure seems like that to me these last couple of weeks. This past weekend and this coming weekend seem to be filled with “stuff.”

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