Remembering Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024

Jimmy Carter wearing dark sunglasses, a brown cap, and brown collared shirt with Jimmy Carter Work Project emblems sits behind a podium during the Jimmy Carter Work Project 2025 press conference in Detroit, Michigan in June 2005.

Like many others, I was saddened to read the news of former President Jimmy Carter’s death.

In June 2005, I photographed and published stories for Habitat for Humanity Detroit on their website about the 2005 Jimmy Carter Work Project (now called Carter Work Project) in Detroit.

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Do You Celebrate Halloween?

A brown-haired woman wearing a silver brimmed black wizard hat with silver crescent moons and stars looks at the camera, red brick wall in the background.

Halloween is a popular day in southeast Michigan, and a special day not only for children and Halloween parties.

Several adult friends told me about attending local Halloween events this year, including haunted forests, zombie paintball, haunted corn maze, and haunted houses.

Me, I’m into

  • Halloween stories
  • Checking out scary trees
  • Spooky music like Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain (the opening is amazing!)
  • Dressing up to give out treats on Halloween night.
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