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Balance and Be Well
Ever wished you had just a couple more hours in the day? Sure, I think we all have at some point or another! Life is an interesting balancing act that seems to change with each phase of our lives but regardless of which life phase we’re in, there will always be only 24 hours in each day. This can …
The Best Way to Grow Up
What is the best way to grow a lot of produce in a very small space? It’s called vertical gardening. We are now meeting the needs for land efficiency, water conservation and faster harvesting with aeroponic vertical gardening. In just a space of three square feet, we can grow up to 28 plants, many of which will be ready for …
New President & Chief Nursing Officer
Highlands-Cashiers Hospital has a new president and chief nursing officer. Jacqueline (“Jackie”) Medland, PhD, RN, came to Western North Carolina via metropolitan Chicago and has no question that this is “God’s country.” With this being the smallest hospital she’s served, she is impressed with the sense of community and the level of personal care she’s witnessed over the last month. …
Heirloom Gardens
The Cashiers Historical Society invites you to two events celebrating heirloom gardens on June 21, at the Cashiers Historical Society on the Zachary-Tolbert grounds. Heirloom gardens harken to our forefathers’ collection of plants for use and for delight. Plants to cure family illnesses, provide food for the table, and produce were vital to families during hungry months of late winter. …
Good Graffiti
The Google Dictionary describes the word “graffiti” as “writing on walls; drawings or words that are scratched, painted, or sprayed on walls or other surfaces.” In our day and age we consider graffiti as something to be erased, painted over, and eradicated. One exception is graffiti found in historic house museums, which is rare and highly valued when it does …
Long Time Between Drinks
When the governors of North and South Carolina got together to discuss the route of Highway 107 through Cashiers, a barrel of brandy and a keg of white lightnin’ juiced-up their judgment …for better or for worse. Highway 107 had been known as the Winding Stairs Turnpike Road from Tamassee, South Carolina. This road across the Blue Ridge was built …
Wands for Wildlife
A couple of months ago, Savannah Trantham, president and co-founder of Appalachian Wildlife Refuge, a Western North Carolina wildlife non-profit rehab center, had a wand-derful revelation. She was cleaning out her make-up drawer and came across several old tubes of mascara. Knowing the secret power of the mascara wands, she cleaned them off, laid them out and took a photo to …
We Gotta Go to the Bio
June offers opportunities for all ages to enjoy the Highlands Biological Station with activities abounding. We hope you will join us by stopping in at the Nature Center, taking a stroll around the Botanical Garden or signing up for one of our classes, camps or programs. Summer in Highlands is incomplete without a visit to the Nature Center. Throughout June, …
The Chunk And Run
Many golfers don’t realize how easy the 60-100-foot bunker shot really is. Normally they try to be very precise and strike the sand right at the ball instead of a couple of inches behind the ball as in a normal bunker shot. The margin of error is very small. If you’re using a sand wedge and hit too far behind the …
The Hooded Warbler
New World warblers comprise more than 50 species of perching birds, migrants that winter in Central and South America and whose summer nesting grounds include the Highlands Plateau. These small insectivores have varied plumage and songs that range from the plain to the spectacular. Collectively a group of warblers is called a “bouquet” or sometimes a “confusion” or “fall.” …
Squaw Root
June brings us flowers galore with colors ranging from pale to exotic. Those plants are the true show stoppers. This article isn’t about the star of the show, and it’s not about the supporting cast of plants either. Consider this plant to be a very small part of the set design but no matter how small, every part serves its purpose. …
