Day 4510: Loss of a Gentleman President..& What is a Stoat?

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Jimmy Carter

1924 - 2024

Loss of A Gentleman President 

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) an American politician and humanitarian, served as the 39th president of the United States, 1977 to 1981. 

Jimmy Carter is a man of many milestones -- and the list keeps growing. Late last week, the former president and Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian marked another year as the longest lived ex-commander in chief, a record he has held since March 2019. Having begun hospice care in February 2023, he celebrated his 99th birthday in October, surprising even his loved ones, grandson Jason Carter has said. "It's a true blessing for all of us to have had this much time with him.

"I think his time in the private sector and the work that he did at the Carter Center, really spending his life among the most marginalized and poorest people in the world and believing in their power to change their own lives and in the power of human rights for them and democracy for them, will be the biggest part of his legacy," the younger Carter, a former state senator and gubernatorial candidate.

 

After his defeat to Ronald Reagan in 1980, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter returned to Plains. Instead of resting on their laurels, they threw themselves into humanitarian work, joining forces with Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit group founded in 1976 by a Christian couple named Millard and Linda Fuller, with the stated mission of "seeking to put God's love into action" by building homes for people in need.

"Habitat provides a simple but powerful avenue for people of different backgrounds to come together to achieve those most meaningful things in life. A decent home, yes, but also a genuine bond with our fellow human beings. A bond that comes with the building up of walls and the breaking down of barriers," Jimmy Carter once said.

 

 

In addition to building houses for the disadvantaged around the world, the Carters also shared a mutual love for bird-watching and fly-fishing, even building a fly-fishing pond on their Georgia property.

In the 2021 interview, the Carters were asked how they stayed happily married for so many years. Jimmy Carter attributed the longevity of their union to working on projects and hobbies they are both interested in and giving each other space to pursue individual interests. For decades, Jimmy Carter's love for former first lady Rosalynn Carter -- married from 1946 until her death in November -- was one of the things that kept him going.

"He is living this part of his life as part of that same faith journey that he's been on for his whole life. And we're all just there along for the ride."

 

Thank you President Carter, RIP 

What's a Stoat?

Jose Manuel Grandío/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Look, a stoat! This photo of a "dancing" stoat (also known as an ermine) is among the highly commended images in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. This is the 60th year of the popular competition, organized by London's Natural History Museum. Judges received a record 59,228 entries from people of all ages and experience levels from 117 countries and territories, and the images capture both the beauty of the natural world and the more serious ecological challenges it faces.

 

  

 

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