Tag: Plains
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JIMMY, YOU WILL BE MISSED
I wrote the following blog post in February 2024 about my “brush” with President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter more than twenty years ago in Plains, Georgia. It’s still one of my bittersweet favorite stories. When I learned of his passing two days ago, I retold the story. Then I remembered something else. Jimmy Carter…
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Can’t See the President for the Beer
Jimmy Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his humanitarian work around the world. On a trip through Georgia late that year, we decided to make a detour through Plains, Georgia, to see the small town where President Carter and his wife still lived. My travel companion–my now ex-husband–and I entered the small…
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