Highlands is known for its magnificent forests. The Highlands Biological Station plays a huge role in supporting them. There are two organizations that contributed greatly to HBS’s foundation: one, […]
As Summer comes to an end, the Highlands Playhouse draws its curtains and celebrates its best season on record. Nine out of 15 performances of “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” […]
When we visited Donna Ysland in 2015, she’d just had her Floor Lamp Epiphany. That experience launched her company Riverlights, now a thriving Western Carolina enterprise. It has evolved from […]
Cedar Chan is a woman in motion, though she moves in quiet ways. She wears an invisible bumper sticker, “My other home is the forest.” The woods are her wellspring […]
You may know Jeanie Jones, studio owner, sculptor, mural artist, and painter as Jeanie Edwards, Easely an Artist. She recently married Bryan Jones, a South Carolinian who works in Columbia […]
I play Question of the Day with Alexa. I know. Nerd-a-rama. But it lulls me into believing it’s actually helping me stave off senility. That reminds me of a joke: You […]
If you know Diane McPhail, you know that everything about her is extraordinary…there’s nothing run-of-the-mill. Well, maybe one thing. She lives in a mill, a restored/converted mill house, complete with […]
Where Georgia, North and South Carolina joined corners, there was a geographical configuration made to order for moonshiners of the 1800s. If they got in trouble with the law in […]
It’s always a joy to visit Smitten’s Deb Hudson and see what new kinds of happy fill her current canvases. This time it’s bears and cows and pigs and pets, […]
It’s always a joy to visit Smitten’s Deb Hudson and see what new kinds of happy fill her current canvases. This time it’s bears and cows and pigs and pets, […]
