Revel in the views from the top of Ravenel Ridge, just four-tenths of a mile from Highlands’ Main Street. Peruse the panoramic views from Whiteside Mountain to Black Rock through […]
The human body is designed to be a three dimensional moving machine. As aging occurs, it is more common for the joints to be used less in their full ranges, […]
Big things are in store for Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. Groundbreaking for the new Emergency Department in April was the beginning of a project that has been in the works for […]
When you do genealogical research on a family, studying records of ancestors through several generations, you may think you’ve come to a stopping point with a large collection of birth, […]
This is the third and final installment in a series of articles saluting the Botanical History of the Highlands Plateau, based upon research of the Laurel Garden Club’s Land Stewards […]
Hello friends. It’s springtime again and time to get our rusty swings out of hibernation and tuned up. I think the short game is where to start. As you are […]
May might first have become “merry” in an old English ballad entitled “In the Merry Merry Month of May,” immortalizing Barbara Allen and her Sweet William. This reappeared in a […]
Let’s talk turkey. No, not the kind of turkey that could be elected in November, but the kind that roams North Carolina’s forests and open lands, the Eastern Wild Turkey. […]
There’s something about seeing a clump of Lupins that takes you back – waaaaayyyyy back. These plants were cultivated in Highlands over 6,000 years ago. No, not these Highlands, but […]
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) nest with recent hatchlings. Bluebirds hatch after 12 to 14 days of incubation. By 20 days the fledglings have left the nest. Bluebirds are in the […]
