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Don’t be Rattled
Summer brings out the leaves, flowers and the snakes. Many people are afraid of these scaled, legless creatures. However, most snakes found in Western North Carolina are harmless to people, and can even be helpful to have around as they help with pest control. Red Belly Snakes and Brown Snakes are good against slugs and snails and rat snakes help …
Mrs. Mermaid North Carolina
Of all the places you’d expect to see a mermaid, the mountains certainly isn’t one of them. But freshwater mermaids have populated our lakes and rivers as long as their saltwater cousins have lived in the ocean. One in particular has called the Plateau home for the last five years. On land, her name is Brittany Gordon. A lifelong resident …
Bee Buddies
Rose Mary Achey first began beekeeping five years ago when she attended her first “Bee School.” Local Bee Clubs typically offer schools in the early spring to help educate new beekeepers. Her interest in raising bees derived from a desire to pollinate her lavender. It’s been a steep learning curve but as she gained more knowledge about the fragile but …
Putnam’s Lincoln Literary Series
Scores of books have been written about our Abraham Lincoln and his Civil War success, but very little is known about the unmarried, fresh-faced lawyer living in the frontier in Illinois. Author Jonathan F. Putnam brings this unseen side of our most famous president into the light with his Lincoln & Speed Mystery series. Based on real cases from …
Uff-da, the Magnificent
Years ago I visited a rescue facility,the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland, Florida. There I met the beautiful and talented Uff-da. Uff-da is a Black Vulture, commonly called a buzzard, and before you go “blech,” let me tell you why I fell in love with her. I walked into her screened compound. She was with her committee …
Your Scribe Tribe
Gotta write? Wanna write? Looking for your “Scribe Tribe?” Well, look no further! The Highlands Writers Group welcomes all writers, from the experienced, even published, to those, perhaps literally, just thinking about dipping a quill into an inkwell. Our diverse roster includes poets, memoirists, essayists, songwriters, novelists, at least one playwright, as well as short- and short-short fiction …
45 Acres of Enchantment
Buying a century-old mountain farmhouse was a magical history tour for the Seichrist family. Pippa Seichrist, whom you may remember as a recent Laurel feature artist, says, “Thirty years ago my husband and I lived in Atlanta and longed for a retreat from the crazy crowds. We drew a wagon wheel around the Metro Hub to encompass anything within a …
Passion for Health & Commitment to Healing
When Cindy Barloga, BSN, RN, got out of nursing school almost four decades ago the only positions available were in Oncology. Her first reaction was, “This is going to be so depressing.” But she quickly learned that a cancer diagnosis was not a death sentence. A majority of cancer patients were and are survivors, and with early detection, …
Community Yoga
The Highlands Rec Department is offering free Community Yoga and Gentle Movement sessions at the Town Ball Field Tuesdays from 5:30 to 6:15 P.M. The sessions are led by Certified Yoga Teacher Rachel Kinback. “People of all ages and ability levels are invited to meet for fun, expressive Gentle Yoga and Movement,” says Ms. Kinback. “This 45-minute guided practice will …
Cherries & Chocolate
On a slow summer day, what could be better than a bowl of creamy, tasty and surprisingly healthy ice cream? This ice cream can be made without the ice cream machine, and whomever you serve this ice cream to will never guess that it was made without any dairy and/or sugar. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups 100 percent Pure Tart Cherry Juice …
Relax and Restore
Whether it’s the sweet sense of accomplishment or plain old relief, it usually feels good to complete a task, a to-do item or an appointment. But what happens when you take on too many responsibilities, when you find yourself on the hamster wheel going around and around but really going nowhere? Those positive feelings can easily shift to feelings …
You Know the Adage – Use it or Lose it? It’s TRUE
The human body is designed with precision and durability. When the body is being used as it’s designed, it usually responds with great results. Why wait until it’s too late?! I have witnessed and experienced so many recoveries and healing episodes that I’m convinced the more I use my body fully, no matter what my age, the better it responds …
