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Portmanteau (from the French words porter, carry; and manteau, mantle) originated in the 1600s. It described a large suitcase/trunk made of stiff leather that opened out into two halves for packing belongings. Portmanteau’s popularity dwindled during the 20th century, but it’s enjoying a revival. Today, a portmanteau is a kind of word trunk, holding a morpheme or two in each …
Panoramic Views
You could soon be living in a mountain paradise. Nearing completion, the character and charm of this brand-new mountain home will immediately release all stress from your body upon approach. In the heart of the Sapphire Valley Resort, high atop Dobson Mountain, the Crest at Cashiers is a private and gated mountaintop oasis. The elegant rusticity of the home’s …
Treat Your Feet
As the cold and snow are replaced with sunny warm days and the green color of spring returns to our mountains, many of us are taking advantage of the outdoors. As we increase our walking, hiking, tennis, and golf, severe pain in one or both of our feet can occur. The inflammation of the plantar fascia, the arch tendon of the …
The Church of the Incarnation
“The Church of the Incarnation exists to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ through worship, love and service. As individuals and as a congregation, we dedicate ourselves to this purpose.” From the humble beginnings when circuit rider John Archibald Deal began holding services in Highlands in 1877 to its present day home on the corner of Fifth and …
1800s Mountain Life
“Were I a poet I’d like to tell of the grandeur, the beauty, of the mountains, the lofty peaks surrounding my early childhood home. What a happy family we were! How we loved our little log cabin home and how our father would add to it from time to time as the family grew. First the kitchen, then a dining …
A Warm-Air Sandwich
Gardeners in this part of the country know not to plant before Mother’s Day. Even though April showers might bring warm days and May flowers, there is always a chance of a hard freeze this time of year. And so it was April 28, 1858, when the area experienced not only a hard freeze, but a monstrously disastrous one. It …
Coexisting with Black Bears
North Carolina Wildlife Enforcement Officer Mark Ray and Wildlife Biologist Justin McVey are the go-to wild animal experts in our region. They offer the following information as part of their educational outreach to those of us who share the air and land with our state’s abundant wildlife. This month the topic is Bears. Almost every winter in North Carolina bears …
Swamp Pink
Swamp Pink (Helonias bullata) is a rare perennial herb, the only known species in its genus. Blooming in March to May, its fragrant flowers are pink and occur in a cluster at the end a vertical spike which may reach up to 3’ in height. It has evergreen, lance-shaped, and parallelveined leaves ranging from dark green to light yellow green …
Golden-Winged Warbler
The Golden-winged Warbler is a North Carolina Priority Species (nc.audubon.org/golden-winged-warbler) and topic of WCU graduate student Jamie Harrelson’s masters thesis, to which the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society and Highlands Biological Station each awarded a grant in support of her research.
Great Tip for Hybrids
Here are some tips for hybrids. We all have them, but we all don’t understand how they were meant to be hit. To make it simple, just hit them like you would a 5 iron – Hit down on the ball taking a small divot after the ball. To do that you must get your weight to your front foot …
Nothing Mellow About This Yellow
One of the first signs of spring is the beautiful For Cynthia bush. What? You’ve never heard of For Cynthia? Don’t worry, not many other people have either. It’s not that it’s a rare plant, on the contrary. It’s very….let me see how to say it nicely, it’s a prolific landscape addition. Most people know it as Forsythia. For years, …
Inspired Southern Cuisine
Coinciding with The Bascom’s Collective Spirits Wine Festival, Old Edwards Inn and Spa brings back to Highlands one of The South’s favorite celebrity chefs for A Wine Dinner with Hugh Acheson at The Farm at Old Edwards from 7:00 to 10:00 P.M. Friday, May 15. Bestselling author and James Beard Award-winning chef Hugh Acheson of Athens, Georgia, is the chef/partner of …
