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Article Author: Emily Crowell


Mountain Laurel and Oliver Creek photo by Peter Ray

As Right as Rain

Issue: 2018/07 - July | by Emily Crowell in Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

Let me tell you about this walk I took recently: It was early evening.  The trail was wet and muddy where the gravel hadn’t washed away, with narrow but deep […]

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Mystery Afoot At The Hudson

Issue: 2018/06 - June | by Emily Crowell in Giving Back in Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

On June 5, author Susan Boyer will be at Hudson Library as part of this summer’s Books and Bites author talks. Susan will be giving a talk and presenting her […]

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Where The Lake Runneth Over

Issue: 2018/06 - June | by Emily Crowell in Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

The Cliffside Lake Recreation Area, just a short distance from Highlands, has a little bit of everything – hiking, fishing, swimming, picnicking, and camping next door at Van Hook Glade. I […]

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Slouching Toward Summer, Hudson Library

Issue: 2018/05 - May | by Emily Crowell in Giving Back in Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

Hudson Library has recently expanded its Spanish-language collection.  Patrons can now find a growing selection of adult fiction, young adult fiction, juvenile fiction and nonfiction, beginning reader fiction and nonfiction, […]

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(Not So) Bad Creek Trail

Issue: 2018/05 - May | by Emily Crowell in Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

The first time I hiked this trail, I didn’t like it.  I thought that it was only a few miles round-trip and so didn’t bring any food, breaking one of […]

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Hudson Library in Highlands NC

Leap into Hudson Library in Highlands

Issue: 2018/04 - April | by Emily Crowell in Lifestyles & Wellness in Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

The poet T.S. Eliot would have you believe that April is a cruel month, but he may have changed his mind if he had ever visited Highlands this time of […]

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Nature Dances Into Spring, Picklesimer Rock House Falls

Issue: 2018/04 - April | by Emily Crowell in Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

Toward the end of winter, I always feel like I’m holding my breath, waiting to see if spring is going to come back again.  Every year, if I pay attention, […]

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Kasey’s Idea of Heaven

Issue: 2018/04 - April | by Emily Crowell in What to do in Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

Kasey Klodosky has been a full-time resident of Highlands for about nine years.  She and her parents moved from Atlanta after having been part-time residents for years.    Sounds familiar, […]

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March on Down to the Hudson Library

Issue: 2018/03 - March | by Emily Crowell in Lifestyles & Wellness in Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

We’ve made it through the darkest days of winter on the Plateau, and while there are likely still some cold and blustery days ahead of us, the first vestiges of […]

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A Peace of Granite, A Tale of Granite City

Issue: 2018/03 - March | by Emily Crowell in Recreation and Creation | Highlands NC and Cashiers NC

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 […]

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