September 2020

Dragonflies are found throughout North Carolina in a large variety of colors and sizes. The state boasts 187 species of dragonflies and their smaller cousins damselflies, which are collectively in the insect […]

While it may seem like the pandemic marched into March and changed everything, many businesses on the Plateau are presenting as much normalcy and agreeable distractions as possible.  One of […]

The Hydrangea is a genus of over 75 species and native to Asia as well as the Americas, but  we are used to seeing only three-to-six species in this area.  […]

If you’ve seen The Princess Bride, you’re bound to remember how the big, big Fezzik is appointed to The Brute Squad to impose order on the Thieve’s Forest. Well, that […]

The Cashiers  Area Chamber of Commerce is hard at work, even in these uncertain times, staying true to their mission of  actively engaging the community and businesses in the hard […]

About three miles northwest of Highlands on US 64/NC 28 along the Cullasaja River is Dry Falls.  The trip from Highlands follows a National Scenic Byway which is part of […]

Accommodating tourists was always paramount in the minds of the local citizens of the highest elevations of the Blue Ridge Mountains, from Highlands to Toxaway.   Running boarding houses quickly […]

I was recently asked by a student of mine what part of the game I felt players struggled with the most.  The answer was easy, putting! I think it’s a pretty […]