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Be Sun Smart
Skin cancer is a serious health issue in the United States and one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. It’s the most common cancer in the United States and every day more than 8,500 persons are diagnosed with skin cancer. Skin cancer is classified as either melanoma, which is the least common type, and non-melanoma, which …
Soy What?
Soy, what’s new? My passion and purpose in life is to inspire healthy living everywhere, including education on how we can all live healthier lives! Soy, what does this mean and how can it impact you? Healthy living involves more than eating a good clean meal every now and then. Healthy living can impact you in all aspects of …
Real Men Do Yoga
Yoga in the Western World is clearly dominated by women, teachers and students alike, although it may be surprising to know that yoga was originally practiced only by men some 5,000 years ago. I was introduced to yoga about eight years ago after suffering from a catastrophic running injury and until then, I was like so many other men, always coming …
Highlands-Cashiers Hospital’s Compassionate Care
Marion Macy is the manager of Physical Therapy and Cardiac Rehabilitation services at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital and in Cashiers. She is in charge of all outpatient therapy as well as acute inpatient therapy. Both departments are fully staffed to meet the needs of patients requiring rehabilitative intervention. They have experience with patients of all ages and in many different states of impairment. …
The Glenville Initiative
Glenville has an intriguing history based on the story of the building of the dam that forms Lake Glenville. It’s well worth the fascinating five-mile drive north on Highway 107 to discover Glenville, the lake and the village. As you round one of those mountain road curves, the best eye candy in Jackson County pops into view. There in full …
What’s in Your DNA History?
Many of my genealogy/history friends in the last few years have paid to get their DNA Ethnicity Estimates done and all have been fascinated by the results. There are only a handful of companies that do this testing, including Ancestry.com and what you learn is your ethnic origins and where your ancestors once lived – no names or dates. You …
High Knoll Majesty
Imagine looking out your front door every day at this breath-taking view. What a rush to live in a virtual Kodak moment every minute of your life. That’s why the Ammons family chose to build their home in Whiteside Cove in 1948. They wanted to bask in the grandeur of this heavenly location. For them, this site epitomized the beauty …
June Is Bird Month
June is the official Great Outdoor Month in the U.S. while in the U.K. it’s National Smile Month. June holds Bike Week in the U.K. and Ireland and Labor Day in the Bahamas. In Hungary there’s a Teacher’s Day in June. Father’s Day falls in this month in Austria and Belgium and scores of other countries including the U.S. …
Bye-bye, Chips and Yips
Nothing is more exasperating than hitting a couple of quality shots on a par 4 or 5 near the green and ruin the hole by blading or shanking your chip. Don’t get too bummed out, this is a very common occurrence for golfers of all skill levels, from weekend duffers to touring pros. Even Tiger bladed a few in a …
Greens on Your Grounds
You don’t really know how fragile amphibian/reptilian habitat is until you crawl around shaded, moist, rocky crevices that serve as mini creature caves… salamander condominiums. If the trees that shelter this biological Eden die or, worse yet, are cut down simply to improve someone’s real estate view, there goes the colony, and along with it, all the plants and animals …
Louisiana Waterthrush
(Parkesia motacilla) This surprising warbler frequents forest streams during the spring and summer in Appalachia. It sports a white eyebrow, “buffy flanks, and sparse brownish streaking on white underparts.” Its call is a sharp “chip” and its song is loud two to five descending whistles followed by a jumble of notes.
Pipevine Swallowtail
Pipevine caterpillars, are small and stick together when they are first born. They eat the leaves of their host plant and grow quickly. Plants in the Pipevine Family have chemicals in them which are poisonous to most animals. Caterpillars are able to eat them without being harmed. In fact, the chemicals stay inside the caterpillars and make them poisonous to …
