That smorgasbord of seeds, berries, nuts and fruit bushes and trees you planted in your backyard attract a variety of critters for your enjoyment. But a few other species need […]
Fortune Cookie Day is September 13th. We are already lucky. The 13th isn’t a Friday. When dining out, fortune cookies are an essential benediction to an Asian meal. While these […]
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 North Carolina enterprise. It has evolved […]
If you asked Bonnie Abbott what her favorite medium is, she wryly replies, “Well, it depends on when you ask me.” This week she might be finishing an acrylic painting. […]
For the past year the Highlands Chamber of Commerce has been working with Chuck Ewart and his business improvement team, creating a customized model for meeting the needs of our […]
Smell the roasting meat sizzling on the spit. Root vegetables lie steaming in the coals while hardwood embers crackle and pop, sending tiny fireworks rocketing left and right. The […]
Two decades ago I took my stepdaughter to the Keys as a graduation gift. It was hotter-than-heck-and-half-of-Georgia, but we made the best of it. Swimming with wild dolphins was our […]
We used to be rough, us Clear Creeks was, no doubt about that, we’s rough,” said Herman Wilson, Clear Creek-native and spinner of a darn good yarn. One of his […]
Pete Kipp knew he wanted to be a falconer at the tender age of eight. That’s when he had a magical encounter. On his way to fish, a hawk […]
Is it nature or nurture or just plain luck that shapes a person’s destiny? For Z. Alexander it is a marvelous conspiracy of all. His mother, Susan, a visual artist, […]
