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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Greetings Federation family, I received the following email from Gary Wunder the editor of the Braille Monitor. We have the opportunity to submit some of our favorite recipes from North Dakota to our national monthly publication. Please read through the following email and consider submitting your favorite recipe. You can send your submissions to me at </span></span></a><a href="mailto:jesseshirek@gmail.com"><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>jesseshirek@gmail.com</span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'></span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>. I will compile the recipes and pass them on to Gary. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>In case you're wondering what recipe I'm going to submit. The first meal I ever cooked for Sherry was steak quesadillas. We joke about it now, because she was so impressed at the time. I would make them for her frequently when we lived in Grand Forks. Seems like every time I cooked them she was talking on the phone with her mom and the kitchen smoke alarm would go off when I would take them out of the oven. When she would hear the smoke alarm Sherry's mom would always ask “what is he cooking this time”. I did not tell Sherry how easy the quesadillas are to make until after we got married. </span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Warmly, <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Jesse<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Greetings to a few of you who will soon be asked for recipes for the Braille Monitor, the first being New York. What do we want? We want about six recipes from each state. They can be something particular to your geographic area, a favorite that is prepared for affiliate events, or favorites that your members prepare for their families and friends. Besides from three to six recipes, we need a short one or two sentence biography of those whose submissions you send. “Gary Wunder is the father of four, a former president of the NFB of Missouri, and currently edits the Braille Monitor.” “Jill Smith is a freshman at the college of William and Mary and prepares these snacks for her sorority sisters.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Now comes the hardest part. I would like a photo from those who submit. The photos do a lot to enhance our print edition and make real these people who do the impossible—cook tremendous taste treats. The recipes are more than a start on a cookbook. They show that we cook and take care of ourselves, and this can be a major source of encouragement for the blind and a source of education for those who see. Before leaving the subject of photos, let me say a few words about them. Grabbing a photo from Facebook will not meet our needs. To save computer space Facebook scales down the pictures it displays. We need high resolution photographs. Anything taken with a modern iPhone or android equivalent will work. Any modern digital camera above five megapixels will do very well. Sometimes people take high-resolution pictures but are then fooled into scaling them back when the email program offers to shrink them in order to save time and bandwidth. Please make sure that you use the “original size” option when sending. Please don’t discount photographs. They are meaningful and provide credibility.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Happy New Year to all,</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Gary</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'></span><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gary Wunder<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Editor, <i>Braille Monitor</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(410) 659-9314, extension 2360 | <a href="mailto:gwunder@nfb.org"><span style='color:blue'>gwunder@nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=210 height=76 style='width:2.1875in;height:.7916in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D5BFDC.8A9E05E0" alt="National Federation of the Blind"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D5BFDC.8A9E05E0" alt=Facebook></span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NFB_Voice"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D5BFDC.8A9E05E0" alt=Twitter></span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/NationsBlind"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01D5BFDC.8A9E05E0" alt=Youtube></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. 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