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Wheel Within a Wheel
All you need is a big heart and a pair of helping hands to be a pal of Peggy. “Peggy” is the affectionate nickname of the Peggy Crosby Center in Highlands. Her building was originally a hospital established around 1950. The healing and helping it instituted continues today, fostered by many community businesses and charities that have rented space over …
How Mushrooms Change the World
The Fungi Kingdom is vast and harbors the yeast that carbonates your beer, the green mold that takes over your bread, and the Italian truffles worth over $500 a pound. The Highlands-Cashiers Plateau is home to tens of edible gourmet wild mushrooms that will make you salivate while they sauté in the pan, in addition to a few lethal …
Rotary’s Wheel Moves Us All
Highlands Architect Dennis DeWolf, semi-retired for about 12 years from his private architectural firm, has been a member of the Rotary Club of Highlands since 1974, taking a position of Club Secretary the following year. The club was relatively small in numbers at that time and had little choice but to move from one meeting place to another that could …
Living in Balance
Life on a farm is all about balance and rhythm. We do our best to work with Mother Nature, the seasons, the weather, the cycles of the animals. All of this to provide for and keep the herd of nine horses safe and healthy. Last year, our Percheron Paint gelding, My Kaleb, was out of balance in the herd of …
Castle Ladyhawke
Once upon a time, there was a girl, and this girl had a very big dream. She dreamed of herself walking through a castle. Over and over this dream occupied her nights. She would wake each morning with a clear memory of all she saw in slumber. She knew she was destined to not just walk the halls of this …
Covid’s Emotional Chill
Since Memorial Day, Highlanders have talked more than ever about the pandemic as we’ve seen a rise in cases diagnosed. It was late March when I became aware of my personal reactions to the pandemic. And what I saw were the masks of grief: denial, bargaining, anger, depression, and acceptance. Aware that the virus was moving in long-term, ready, or …
The Days of Helen’s Barn
When Charles Nicholas Wright died in a car wreck in 1927, he left behind a widow in her mid 30s, and five young children. Wright — a former mayor of Highlands himself and father of Mayor Harry Wright — was famous for having won (along with his friend Will Dillard) the Carnegie Medal for his 1911 heroic rescue of …
A Season Within a Season
Seasonal wellness is at the core of Therapeutic Yoga. We can all agree, the focus on Covid-19 has been a focal point this summer, a season in which is rarely known for illness. Why are we rarely ever ill during the Summer months? We usually associate colds and flu with Fall and Winter, and Spring has a reputation for …
Investing 101
How do you invest in general? With your finances, are you smart, discerning, prudent with your risks, protecting your investments for long term gains? With your car, do you keep it tuned up on a regular basis, protecting your investment so you can rely on its performance? With your health, do you care for your body in ways that will …
This is Our Home
Close your eyes. Glide back-and-forth in a favorite rocker on a century-old porch floor. Listen as the yielding wood gently creaks a soothing mantra. Sip and savor a fresh mint julep. Inhale the intoxicating fragrance of honeysuckle. Hear cows mooing across the meadow. Fill your lungs with delicious, safe air. Voila! You just entered a timeless realm, experiencing the kind of passionate …
COVID-19 Testing Update
There are a variety of tests and testing procedures for Covid-19. Understanding them all can be confusing. Richard Ellin, M.D., of the Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Board of Directors, explains the different types. Testing for Covid-19 made simple: There are two types of tests for Covid-19: Diagnostic Tests and Antibody Tests. A diagnostic test can show if you have an active coronavirus infection. An antibody test looks for …
Old-timey Touring
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 became a main source of income for its citizenry as far back as the 1840s. Indeed, except for looking for the county government to appoint overseers and road crews to …
