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A Class of Her Own, Highlands History
They don’t tell you this in college, but the best teachers are those who learn as a child how to put one over on an adult. You can’t out-rascal an accomplished rascal. The young Ethel Calloway, later to become a legendary Highlands schoolteacher, excelled in mischief. As a student at Shortoff School, she started a rumor that the local water supply …
The Mckinney Spring, Cashiers History
Not very long ago, the Cashiers Crossroads Chronicle featured a front page article about the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust adding the McKinney Meadow in Cashiers to their holdings. I have more information about the McKinney boarding house and the nearby McKinney spring that was written about in a book published in 1891 by David U. Sloan titled “The Fogy Days and …
Happy Little Bluebirds
This beautiful bird – the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) – is celebrated in a Belgium fairy tale as the “Bluebird of Happiness” and located by Hollywood and Dorothy as being “somewhere over the rainbow.” It’s the state bird in Missouri and New York. What’s not to like about this resplendent songster? A member of the thrush family, bluebirds are cousins …
Snowdrops Welcome Spring
March in these parts isn’t over by a long shot, but if you bend over and look closely…bend over a little more…just a little more – there, you see them? Little snowdrops are gracing some of our landscapes, and isn’t it about time to see things greening up around here? First, you’ll see the two, sometimes three, long …
Better Safe Than Soggy, Fly Fishing in Highlands
It’s that time of year again, time to head into the attic, basement, or garage and get your fly fishing gear out and get ready for another season. Unfortunately, the first time we think about cleaning and checking our gear is when we are already in the water. Do yourself a favor and get your gear out early …
A Peace of Granite, A Tale of Granite City
There is a place I’ve been hesitant to write about because I consider it to be my secret spot, even though chances are that you’ve been there too. I have a need to be alone in nature on a regular basis, and I live close enough to my secret place that I can zip up there normally when no one …
A Sweet Task, March Dinner Reservations
So here we are in March, probably the most awkward time for restaurants on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau. Most of the places are just coming out of a winter’s nap, and they’re getting organized for the Summer Slam, which starts some time around Memorial Day and keeps them spinning until the last leaf has fallen from the trees. However, this same …
Breakfast for Dinner
Like all parents, Jennifer Fox is always looking for meals that are kid-approved. As the Western North Carolina hospice volunteer coordinatorfor Four Seasons Compassion for Life, Jennifer doesn’t spend as much time in the kitchen as she’d like and was delighted to discover this breakfast for dinner recipe. “My sister-in-law introduced us to this basic recipe and we tweaked it …
Raising the Bar
T hanks to a welcoming spirit that can only be described as “canine” and a deep understanding of the intricacies of food, drink and conversation, The Ugly Dog Pub has become the night spot in Highlands. It serves as a bright exclamation point at the summit of Fourth Street. The Ugly Dog acts as a getaway for locals looking to …
What’s in Store? Art Galore.
The Bascom has a lot of new, fun, and exciting things in store for you in 2018. Our Creativity Guide is online and is filled with new classes and workshops, painting, ceramics, woodworking, printmaking, mixed media, and more for adults and children. Take a look and sign up for a class, workshop or “Art by Appointment.” Our exhibits are …
Country Sunshine
In the ol’ South when someone did a thing exceptionally well, folks would say, “Well, you just went to town on that.” That’s exactly what Stephanie Durham did. She went to town in dozens of wild and wonderful ways. Growing up in central Georgia, she says, “I was raised in the country sunshine.” Upon high school graduation she hopped …
Operas & Plays at Highlands Performing Arts Center
March is a busy month at the Highlands Performing Arts Center. You’re invited to three MET Operas and two plays from the National Theatre of London. PAC will present the National Theatre of London’s production of Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, March 3. On a steamy night in Mississippi, a Southern family gathers …
