Article Author: Donna Rhodes

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Living His Dream

“It’s funny how things get started,” says John Phillips, owner of Fire and Light Glass Studio in Otto, North Carolina. “We lived in an older home in Duluth, Georgia, and […]

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Long Before We

Issue: 2015/11 - November | by Donna Rhodes in History in Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

The Woodland people, a highly organized farming culture, appeared in the South around 1,000 BCE (before the Common Era), about the time of the mound building cultures. The Woodland people […]

Design, Build, Cherish

Issue: 2015/11 - November | by Donna Rhodes in Arts in Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

When I did my phone interview with master craftsman and home remodeler Stephen Owens, I could hear hammers banging and saws buzzing in the background. I asked if he’d always […]