Cheers to a Simpler Christmas

There’s beauty in simplicity when infusing a splash of holiday cheer throughout the house.

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Festival of Lights

Everyone – everyone – is invited to the lighting of the first candle of the Menorah at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park in Highlands on the

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Winter Wonderland

The Village Green and surrounding shops and businesses in Cashiers will be a Glittering Wonderland throughout the grey days and dark, dark nights

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Making Patients His True Focus

Mission Health Primary Care is dedicated to making sure the needs of the community are met year-round and welcomes Richard Ellin, MD, to the Highlands office May through October. Dr. Ellin earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, with a double major in biology and economics.  He earned his MD from Emory University, and completed his residency …

120 year old Cashiers Petroglyph

Perhaps the petroglyph photographed in this article isn’t old enough to be designated as such, as the American College Dictionary gives the definition of petroglyph as “a drawing or carving on rock made by prehistoric or primitive people.”  The two Cashiers Valley boys who did the carvings were neither primitive nor prehistoric. Their names were John Alexander Zachary, born 1881, son …

Yeah, We’s Rough

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 favorite tales was about Wiley McCall getting shot by his first cousin, and coming a gnat’s eyelash away from meeting his maker.  Herman, Wiley, the Picklesheimers, Lyman and Alfred, and …


Kelsey Trail Hike

On August 26 you’ll have an opportunity to hike the historic Kelsey Trail from Whiteside Mountain to the Highlands Recreation Park, thanks to the Highlands Plateau Greenway organization.  When Highlands was founded in 1875, there was no road to Whiteside Mountain.  So in 1881 Samuel Kelsey began work on a road that would end a quarter-mile from the top of Whiteside. …

Warrior Survival School

The Peggy Crosby Center’s newest tenant is Overland Unlimited Bridge of Hope, whose mission is to educate veterans about how to overcome the long-term effects of combat and operational stress.    Founded by Justin Kingsland, a former British Army Airborne Special Forces member, Bridge of Hope seeks to help veterans and first responders who are suffering from the residual impact …

Golf Talk

Did you know that how and where you tee your ball up is an easy way to avoid trouble and save strokes? • Stay away from hazards and trouble – If the trouble is on the left side of the fairway, tee up on the left side of the tee box and aim away from the trouble.  If trouble is on …


The Magic of Falconry

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 landed in a tree near him.   “It stared me down with blood red eyes, so intense that its image burned into me,” he says. “Then it flew away.  Excited, …

The Oven Bird

A Poem for Our Time and Place The Oven Bird by Robert Frost There is a singer everyone has heard, Loud, a mid-summer and a mid-wood bird, Who makes the solid tree trunks sound again. He says that leaves are old and that for flowers Mid-summer is to spring as one to ten. He says the early petal-fall is past When …

Making Space For Cosmos

Cosmos. Space.  The final frontier.   No, not that Cosmos.   This month, our attention is skyward in anticipation of the solar eclipse, but that event is just one day. I’d like to draw your attention downward to a different Cosmos.  Cosmos has been touted as one of the easiest flowers to grow in the world, and they are quite …


Never Too Hot for Smallmouth

In the summer months, trout fishing can be pretty slow.   Warmer water temperatures and lower water levels cause the trout to expend less energy swimming and feeding.  This means fewer strikes on less-than-perfect presentation and much more challenging fishing overall, which is why a lot of anglers during this time of year turn their attention to Smallmouth Bass.  Smallmouth …

Revisiting the Bartram Trail

My favorite trails take me deep in the woods, forcing me to notice and be a part of the abundant life all around me.  The Bartram Trail from Jones Gap to Whiterock Mountain is just such a hike and offers bonus views of the mountains along the way, The trail starts off wide, narrowing as it goes along – a …

New Ownership, Same Good Food

The Kitchen Carry Away and Catering has been serving Highlands since 2000. Now under new ownership, you can still expect the very same quality and selections you had when Holly Roberts started The Kitchen. Dan and Suzanne Young are wearing the aprons now, and both are thrilled to be back in Highlands.  Dan’s family has a very long history in …