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The Art of Southern Quilts
Walk into the home of someone that has lived on the Plateau all of their lives and I can guarantee you’ll find a beautiful handmade quilt. Chances are, the quilt was made by someone long passed into family history, the quilt becoming an heirloom handed down through the generations. Quilting isn’t a uniquely Appalachian skill, but our foremothers took this …
First Telephones in Cashiers
Later this year, a coffee-table type book will be published by the Cashiers Historical Society titled “Faces & Places of Cashiers Valley.” Scores of folks, headed by Millie Lathan, have been working on this book for quite some time and a month or so ago, the question was asked, “When did the first telephones arrive in Cashiers?” After seeing a …
Things That Bug Us
While Highlands is a botanical wonderland, bursting with buds, blooms, and colors that defy description, there is an occasional bug in the beauty. Three decades before World War II, an Eastern bomb, so to speak, dropped on America: the Japanese Beetle. It sneaked in on iris bulbs at a New Jersey port in 1912, and by 1932 it locked its …
Bio-diversity Hot Spot
The Highlands Biological Foundation annually supports researchers coming to Highlands to further explore our unique biodiversity hot-spot. Over the past 10 years, the Foundation has awarded over $300,000 in grants-in-aid to individuals conducting research here at the Highlands Biological Station. Last summer, nine grants were awarded by the Station’s Board of Scientific Advisors to outstanding applicants studying a variety …
Flying North
Some of our winter residents will soon go north. March is a month of change: In like a lion, it is said, and out like a lamb. Winter begins to turn into spring in March. With that change of seasons, some of our winter avian residents migrate north. Among these departing migrants are the Purple Finches (Haemorhous purpureus). This is …
The Snappy Witch Hazel
Witch Hazel, Hamamelis Virginiana, blooms in forests from Novia Scotia to Florida, and as far west as eastern Texas. The little yellow flowers can be quite showy from September through November, especially in areas where all leaf color has passed. There’s another species, Hamamelis Mollis, which is known as Chinese Witch Hazel and blooms in spring. Witch Hazel has also …
Fly-fishing: A Proper Pick
Fly fishing gives you an excuse to visit some very pretty places and one of the things fly fishermen and women like to do is plan these excursions. A lot of different factors go into planning a successful trip and basing it off of other people’s suggestions is useful, but can lead to some frustration. For one …
Trust Old Whiteside
You’ve heard of Whiteside Mountain. It may even be the first trail you hiked around here. I used to live in Whiteside Cove and on winter mornings would sit with a cup of coffee and watch the sunrise’s reflection slink down the bare side of the mountain until it was all lit up bright pink, loud and joyful. How lucky …
Shopping Your Way Through Cashiers 64E
If you’re in the market for home furnishings and yard art, head down Highway 64 East out of Cashiers, this little corner of our mountains is a must see. Just up the road from the entrance to the Village Green is a unique little shop, known colloquially as “Slick’s Place.” The menagerie metal farm animals and other unique yard art …
The Legendary Mama’s Recipes
Julia Child said, “People who love to eat are always the best people.” If that is so, then Helen McKinney Cleaveland “Mama” Thompson might top the list of bests…times three. She loved to eat. She loved to cook. And she loved sharing recipes. In fact, if there is a down-home Highlands cookbook that personifies our town’s good food and hospitality, …
Culinary Stars and Spring Rosés
On Friday, April 5, join the Old Edwards Inn for the Culinary Stars and Whispering Angel Dinner. Every year, Old Edwards Inn hosts this dinner, served up by their in-house chefs, at The Farm at Old Edwards to celebrate the release of the spring rosés. But this year, the dinner will be a little different. “We wanted to kick it …
Quintessentially Highlands
Here we are in March, and throughout this issue of Laurel, you’ll find heaps of references to the arrival of Spring, popping up like the crocuses that my Mom always noted when she talked about this blessed season. Nature columns, gardening tips, guides to hiking and fishing, they all note the season. Heck, even Dr. Anastasia Halldean’s healthy recipe is …
