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From Spirits to Sanitizer
All over the United States, individuals, businesses, and organizations have come up with distinct ways to serve others. During the state-mandated shelter-in-place order, which overnight resulted in a lack of such goods as hand sanitizer, Cultivated Cocktails (formerly H&H Distillery) in Asheville – normally a craft liquor distillery offering tastings, gifts, events, and tours – turned its attention to …
Another Miracle
Once again, the Carpe Diem Farms family is all joining together to send healing and loving energy to our magnificent Battersea Tracy. Our regular readers know that beginning November 9, 2018, she had to have three life-saving hoof surgeries performed by Dr. Ric Redden of Versailles, Kentucky. The result of a hideous infection in the hoof caused her to …
Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society
All of us at the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society wish to express our sincere thanks to the amazing folks who have come forward to adopt and foster a shelter pet these past few months. We have a remarkable streak (which began in February 2014) of 76 consecutive months with 20 adoptions or more, and adoptions so far this year are …
Wildlife, Habitats & Conservation
The Highlands-Cashiers Plateau is an area like no other, with an array of unique mountain formations and an extremely biodiverse community of flora and fauna. The landscape offers a variety of habitats from mountain top grassy balds to rich cove forests, Southern Appalachian Bogs, and floodplain forests. The varying topography and gradient of plant communities is all related to what …
Ninnyhammers Anonymous
What have I been doing this Spring, all locked up in 1,100 square-feet of bore-daciousness? In-between writing, playing solitaire, and surfing the Internet for Covid-19 memes, I kept bumping into a commercial with the opening line, “Is your dog getting older?” “Jeepers, no,” I answered (and please don’t judge me for talking to my computer. Tell me you’ve never had …
All You’d Ever Want
In a unique and outstanding area like the Plateau of Western North Carolina, you’ll find many unusual custom-designed vacation homes. As a full-time resident and Realtor for over 25 years, I’ve seen many outstanding properties in the Plateau area. But some are unique. One was unusual in that it spans a bold creek, which can be seen through the glass …
The New-Old Ravenel
The provenance of Diane and Ray McPhail’s Ravenel property, formerly called Wolf Ridge, is filled with magic and myth going all the way back to Native American roots. What was once the bears’ showground became The Fodderstacks, named for stores of cattle food (hay, etc.) which they resembled. In 1913 the Ravenel family built a summer house at the site. …
Fund to Fill Future Needs
Realizing that the current pandemic, which has already overshadowed almost half of 2020, may not be the last of such health-related crisis, Nantahala Health Foundation (NHF) has set up an Impact Recovery Fund. “We anticipate [COVID-19’s] dramatic short- and long-term effects on our region’s education system, workforce, and local economies,” said NHF’s executive director, Lori Bailey. Thus, the fund was …
Mindfulness Cashiers
I am beyond thrilled to announce to the community that Mindful Cashiers is up and running! Our work is bringing mindfulness to the community at large, starting with a focus on the younger population and their teachers and families. Mindfulness is the secular practice of paying attention in the present moment with a compassionate and non-judgmental attitude. Over 30 years of …
Safe, Smart Alternatives
I want to share a bit more about the benefits of Chiropractic Care, Acupuncture and Nutrition for everyday life and during this current pandemic. So many people, new and existing patients, are making appointments to see me for various reasons. At first, I knew that staying open would lessen the potential burden on our front lines – the first responders, emergency …
H-C Hospital Welcomes Dr. Detar
Dr. D. Todd Detar will be offering family care for all ages to the community along with nurse practitioner Becky Baker and physician assistant Richard Wayne. Dr. Detar comes to the Plateau from Roper St. Francis Express Care in Summerville, South Carolina, where he served as medical director for the last five years. He is a graduate (with honors) from …
A Rockwood Wedding
There are few estates that stir a collective sigh quite like the Rockwood Lodge does. Perched atop one of the area’s highest peaks, you’ll have to fight the urge to take yourself for a spin, a la Julie Andrews, through the wind-swept grassy terraces that surround the property. The Lodge sits within 350 private acres of the Nantahala Forest with …
