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Marian Baker, Folk Artist
Have you ever thought about the meaning of the word “giddy?” One generally thinks, “Lighthearted thoughts, those full of excitement and happiness.” Well…this describes Marian Baker to a tee! Her personality exudes giddiness as does her work, and it is a descriptive term she uses often. Who is Marian Baker? Marian is a contemporary folk artist from Alabama. …
Wellspring of Creativity
Cedar Chan is a woman in motion, though she moves in quiet ways. She wears an invisible bumper sticker, “My other home is the forest.” The woods are her wellspring of creativity. Forest creatures not only inspire her, they are her. “Cedarness” is reflected in them, though she is quick to say, “I am not making animals human. It’s more …
An Artful Transformation
You may know Jeanie Jones, studio owner, sculptor, mural artist, and painter as Jeanie Edwards, Easely an Artist. She recently married Bryan Jones, a South Carolinian who works in Columbia and joins Jeanie on weekends. She happily shares Bryan’s name, and her business is still the same delightful Highlands art experience you’ve grown to love. If you visit Jeanie’s Easley …
Real Estate Agent Sue Mills
Since the real estate market is critical to the health of the entire Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, we asked Sue Mills, Keller Williams’ Resort and Second Home Specialist, to evaluate the 2019 season. She led the interview with the news that more and more people are considering living here full-time, rather than simply being seasonal residents or even weekenders. “Many folks are …
Landmark’s New Team
Landmark Realty Group, a local boutique luxury real estate firm, has added a quartet of new brokers to its stable of real estate professionals. The brokers, who will represent buyers and sellers across the Plateau, are comprised of both new and familiar faces in the community. Their arrival coincides with the launch of Landmark’s first in-house real estate team, …
Leadership Cashiers Program
Leadership Cashiers recently launched its inaugural program as a new community engagement initiative of the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce. The class is based on a development model used by many cities across the country to prepare and motivate participants to offer quality community leadership. The program’s mission is to inform, connect and engage individuals by studying issues affecting the …
Our Mountain Way of Life
In 2004, Dorothy Swearingen had a pair of revelations – that the future of real estate relies upon a compelling presence on the internet, and success in local real estate is predicated upon conveying what makes life on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau so wonderful. Armed with these twin convictions, Dorothy founded NCMountainLife.com. “The first concern was to create a website that …
Journey Come Full Circle
Fifteen years! It’s nearly incomprehensible to think this much time has passed since I began my affiliation with the Chamber of Commerce. My wife Trisha and I had purchased The Christmas Tree upon relocating from the Atlanta area with plans to devote our time operating a small business, immerse ourselves into community activities as full-time residents and hopefully find more …
Belarus Visitors Seize the Day
People come to Carpe Diem Farms for a variety of reasons. Generally it’s because they have read about us here in The Laurel or someone brings them because of their own experience here. That’s how it was for these two young women, sisters from Belarus, visiting CDF volunteer Lindsay Trumpler and her mother Susan from Raleigh, the girls’ host. I …
Friendship Center to the Rescue
As the beginning of school approaches, the Friendship Center is learning more about the young people who wish they could continue their education but cannot. These are students that graduated high school with good grades, behavior and a record of being active in school activities. The kind of student we want our own children to be! But they are hindered …
A Little Love for Their Bigs
The Fifth Annual Cashiers Croquet Tournament was a great success this year! The Cashiers BBBS community is incredibly grateful for the support and generosity of attendees and sponsors. Without you, Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC in Cashiers wouldn’t be able to support and advocate for local children like we do! While the Croquet Tournament was a success and …
Setting Aside a Holy Space
Over the past year, the clergy and Vestry at The Church of the Incarnation (Episcopal) have been working on a master plan for the church’s facilities. This effort arose initially as part of a search for ways to expand the capacity of the Sanctuary to accommodate more people due to increased attendance on Sunday mornings. The project began in November …
