He’s not Rudolph, though he is a distant cousin. He’s made several guest appearances on our ridge. North Carolina Wildlife Biologist Justin McVey has identified our almost half-ton visitor as […]
Music sneaked up on Peyton Howell, a quiet, reserved sports-minded young girl. “Other than taking piano lessons for a couple of years as a kid, I never showed much interest in […]
Highlands… the little town high in altitude and generosity. Statistically it’s one of the most charitable communities in North Carolina, if not the nation. So it’s fitting during this month […]
All the women in my family were culinary queens, each vying for the biggest crown. Late winter, in anticipation of the next year’s plantings, harvests, picklings, and preservings, they religiously rifled […]
One thing churches have in common all the way back to the Middle Ages is strong, influential families. Charismatic preachers, popular community figures, and prominent members often characterize and define […]
The bog turtle, North America’s smallest turtle, lives right here, free as he should be, in the Western North Carolina mountains. Gabrielle Graeter, wildlife biologist and herpetologist for the North […]
When Deb Hudson was a little girl and people asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up she’d say, “Everything!” She’s well on her way to doing […]
February 9th, 1964 Jim Corbett sat glued to the family TV. It was tuned to the Ed Sullivan Show. When Sullivan introduced the Beatles, Corbett was awestruck. He knew then […]
Allan Maxwell began learning the upholstery trade at his grandmother’s knee. She, Connie Maxwell, was a professional seamstress. In addition to designing wedding and prom dresses, she created eye-popping costumes for […]
Ask any librarian or bookstore owner and they will tell you, “People love to read!” The public’s book passion is so great that National Book Lovers Day has been […]
