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Canned Food Drive – Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry
Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry in Cashiers, an emergency food pantry, works year-round to help meet some of the dietary requirements of individuals and families in need throughout the community. Nearly one in five people in Jackson and Macon counties fall below the poverty line. Though Fishes & Loaves would normally participate in the Empty Bowls Project, held around the …
A Deeply Southern Novel – Hudson Library
Author talks scheduled throughout the summer at local libraries were sidelined because of the pandemic, but a few are scheduled for the fall due to easing restrictions. One of those is at Hudson Library on October 21 at 2:00 P.M. Award-winning author Susan Zurenda will share insights regarding her novel, Bells for Eli (published March 2 by Mercer University Press). …
Make a Run For It – Twilight Runs
Highlands Mayor Patrick Taylor has been a competitor in the annual Highlands Twilight Race since its inception eight years ago. Mayor Taylor pointed out that although the race has had to adjust to the pandemic, he and many other local and out-of-town runners look forward to its challenging but beautiful course. The Twilight takes place November 28 and will start …
Virtual Book Club: Highlands Biological Station
Highlands Biological Foundation is launching a Virtual Book Club with an examination and discussion of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. The Foundation Book Club will meet weekly via Zoom Meetings, accessible both through a device or over the phone. No in-person meetings will be held. At each meeting, a leader will facilitate discussion about …
Your Need to Read | The Bookworm
Welcome to our little bookstore! Affiliated with the Hudson Library, the Bookworm has been welcoming and serving the Highlands community and its visitors from as early as 1995. Originally, the Bookworm opened with one room at the Peggy Crosby Center, then grew to four rooms at the Peggy Crosby Center, and in 2014 moved to its current location at …
Autumn Fest at Old Edwards
A great conundrum of the pandemic is that while it has restricted travel abroad and even in places in the U.S., one of the psychological effects has been the strong desire to be elsewhere. Surely it’s true that now both the need for refuge and the beguilements of a bucolic setting closer to home have never seemed stronger. The …
Always Fresh, Always Local | Locally Grown on The Green
Choose the food less traveled at Locally Grown On the Green, Cashiers’ farm-stand market for local growers. The market is “producer only,” meaning that the vendor must be the grower or producer of all the products they sell. Vendors must produce within a 125-mile radius of Cashiers. That means that the season for each fruit and vegetable is longer. Shopping …
October Harvest Aplenty | Highlands Marketplace
The “big” veggies make their presence known as the air cools and crisps. Pumpkins galore, but also several different kinds of squash – including butternut and acorn – brighten booths at the Highlands Marketplace each Saturday morning from 8:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Also plentiful are collards, kale, cabbage, mustard greens, beets, and more. Produce through October is just-picked fresh …
Bear Shadow Music Fest
Last month the organizers and board of the Highlands Food and Wine Festival announced the cancellation of this year’s event, “due to social distancing guidelines regarding Covid-19.” As Festival Director Casey Reid said, “While this was a difficult decision, it was in the best interest of the community to cancel the fall event.” Though organizers and attendees were eagerly looking …
Get Ready for Autumn’s Burst on the Highlands Cashiers Plateau
With the arrival of the annual Fall Leaf Show, you’re seeing the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau at its best. And for those of us who’ve been driven a little bit wonky by a quarantined summer, it looks like this’ll be one of those classically colorful seasons. The wet days of September will pay off with a burst of vivid colors – Christmas …
In the Know: Author John Cribb
Author John Cribb, who introduced his September 15 published Old Abe historical novel at Hudson Library, said the idea for the book was “born in a library.” George Santayana, a Spanish-born American author of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first said the oft-repeated quote: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Many, including Cribb, …
A Spooky Trivia Hike – Highlands Cashiers Land Trust
Among the hauntingly beautiful mountains of the Southern Appalachians, nestled only steps away from downtown Highlands, is the historic Kelsey Trail. Built over a century ago by one of the town’s founders as a path to Whiteside Mountain, the remnants of this popular trail are now protected by Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust and open to the public. This Halloween, all …
