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Enjoy Our Secret
During the winter to early-spring months, the Cashiers-Highlands high-elevation Plateau comes alive during a “secret season.” It offers visitors a wide array of experiences like lacing up ski boots and skates, reflecting in front of a crackling fire, enjoying popular year-round restaurants, and even using photo backdrops of dramatic frozen rock faces. Another bonus? The potential of a snowy vacation …
Rotary Personified
Bill Edwards seems like a perfect match for the Rotary Club of Highlands. You see him pitching in on community projects around the Plateau – the club’s Fourth of July Barbecue, Community Dinners at the Highlands Community Building, The Twilight 5K Run, and his beloved Boy Scout Troop 207. All of that energy and commitment dovetails with the mission of …
Being a Farmer Ain’t for Sissies
Being a farmer in the mountains is not for sissies or the faint of body! Year-End financial gifts to Carpe Diem have once again helped to bring the hay to the herd. It’s a very blessed day when the semi-truck arrives on the farm and the arduous task of unloading nearly nineteen ton of orchard grass from an Amish farm …
A Park for the People
A couple walking their two dogs every evening. A group of bird watchers with binoculars looking for Red-breasted Nuthatches. A young mother with her toddler swinging, slidin’ and climbing. A family enjoying a picnic lunch. Neighbors attending a concert together. Someone searching for a new original art acquisition or a unique gift for a friend. An individual curious to learn more …
The Role of a Mentor
How many of you remember having a special person in your life that you knew you could turn to for support, advice or even just to have a casual chat with? Who was that person that impacted your life in such a way that when you reflect on your lifetime growth, you attribute credit to their influence? Most of us …
Camp Is Calling & I Must Go
When a nine-year-old child on a Friday afternoon, completely unsolicited and out of the blue, looks up to you and says, “This has been the best week of my life,” well… you just know you’ve done something extraordinarily special in someone’s world. That’s what Critter Camp at the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society does for local animal-loving children. The quote above is …
The Tip of the Spear
Spring on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau is truly magical with the emergence of our diverse assemblage of wildflowers. This emergence almost seems like it happens overnight but it is a process that has been underway since the fall. There is a race to emerge, flower, get pollinated, and set seed before the light disappears with canopy closure. However, this race cannot …
Modern Farm Resort Julep
There’s a special energy that rolls through the gentle foothills and valleys of Dillard, Georgia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Delicately perched in one of these mystical valleys is the area’s newest and most exciting Resort and Wedding Venue, Julep Farms. This “Modern Farm Resort” is like nowhere else you’ve been. You can sleep in luxury and gather fresh farm …
Bird Seed Physics
Catherine Taylor’s arrival in the Tessentee community in Macon County 94 years ago wasn’t terribly auspicious. Born critically premature, she weighed in at two-pounds, two-ounces, and looked, in the words of her father, “like a skinned squirrel.” The attending doctor could offer her parents no reassurance, simply stating that if she could survive through the night then it was possible …
Spring Forward Well Rested
After rock climbing with my husband around the country, we were called to Highlands by the vertical and timeless granite domes. The nature of the tall rock and trees make an interesting study on light, which reveals itself differently than light on a horizontal coast. The Cherokee called this area “Nantahala” (“Land of the Noonday Sun” or “The Place Where …
Supporting Our Healthcare System
Tom Neal was named chief executive officer and chief nursing officer for Highlands-Cashiers Hospital in December. He brings more than 30 years of progressive healthcare experience and a diverse skill set in acute care, behavioral health and post-acute operations. Tom most recently held CEO positions at hospitals for Community Health Systems (CHS). During his time with CHS, he served as …
How Mighty Are Your Mitochondria?
The mitochondria are the powerhouse of each and every cell and are very important to your life in general. Most cells have many (over 800) mitochondria inside of them, providing the necessary energy, or ATP, for function. This process involves using glucose from food or stores in the body and oxygen to complete the process of cellular respiration. Mitochondria have …
