April 2020

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Chadwick Boyd, May’s Celebrity Chef

by: No Author Selected

At the end of March, this exclusive Chefs in the House event was still on the books for Half-Mile Farm. We’ll update this if anything changes.   Chadwick Boyd, the […]

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Chemo Hair

by: Donna Rhodes

A hundred thousand hairs I’m told that’s how I started Now, left with only twelve My pate is broken-hearted   It happened one sad morn A pelt upon my pillow […]

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Shopping in Cashiers: East of the Crossroads

by: Luke Osteen

Each of these businesses are anxious to see you and show you why they’re unique. Just wait for that glorious day when life returns to normalcy.   Some newcomers to […]

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High Flying Love

by: Luke Osteen

When you encounter Margie Shambaugh in her apartment at Chestnut Hill, she registers as an alert, enthused 93-year-old who refuses to succumb to the weight of her years.   That […]

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Easy Trail to Bearwallow Falls

by: Brian O’Shea

Gorges State Park is closed until further notice. We’ll update you when this changes.   Bearwallow Falls makes a for a quick roundtrip at Gorges State Park. Upper Bearwallow Falls […]

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Wishes Change Lives

by: Mary Jane McCall

Local resident Lisa Mullins made her first hike benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2014, raising over $2,800.   That hike changed her life, as she spent the whole weekend meeting […]

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Ewe’ll Love This Plant

by: Jeannie Chambers - The Accidental Gardener

Lamb’s Ear is such a sweet name for this plant. He may be a little shy to let you in on his real name, Stachys byzantine, but there’s nothing introverted […]

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The Way Animals Are Treated

by: David Stroud - Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society

The Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society’s no-kill shelter remains open to the public but in consideration of the guidelines issued by national, state and local authorities, for (what we hope is a […]

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Fly Fishing in High Water

by: No Author Selected

So often when we plan to go fishing here on the Plateau, we check the weather and make sure conditions are favorable. I myself am guilty of only wanting to […]

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