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The Noble Nineteenth
A hundred years ago, the Nineteenth Amendment passed both houses of the United States Congress, and then went to the states for ratification. The fight had been long and hard won. Seventy years had passed since the Seneca Falls Convention, where hundreds of people had gathered in upstate New York to discuss the rights of women, including the right to …
Wild Lives & Wild Places: Event Cancelled
It’s one thing to see images of local wildlife in books, zoos, movies or TV, but a very different experience to see them in person. Of course, the best place to see wildlife is in their natural habitat, though a personal encounter with a bear or rattlesnake can be far from entertaining. A safer way to experience these “wild lives” …
Reading Suggestions For Every Age
When the Hudson Library reopens, cardholders will be able to check out actual bound books. Until then, numerous e- and audiobooks are available online at fontanalib.org/books. Branch Librarian Carlyn Morenus offers for all age groups some Summer Read Recommendations, including both newer releases and classics: For children: – The Upside-Down Magic series by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins …
Out-of-Doors
The collaboration of musicians and the out-of-doors can be quite magical, even when it includes the occasional cricket solo or thunderclap percussion. Over the next few months, music lovers can join with musicians in an orchard under sprawling oak trees at The Farm at Old Edwards. Known as the “Orchard Sessions,” the series of five concerts showcases a diverse …
It’s a Stretch! Free Yoga!
With quarantines keeping people close to home for weeks on end, Highlands Biological Station and Yoga Highlands decided to begin offering in May a once-a-month free yoga experience. The goal is for participants to enjoy the newly completed north campus by Lindenwood Lake, which is located on the grounds of HBS. However because of continued restrictions on gatherings, May’s class …
The Food Less Traveled
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 at …
Waking the Mountain
If this were any June like the Junes of, say, the last 100 years, Highlands would be deep in a busy season of returning second- (and third-) homeowners, and a steady stream of visitors looking to escape the stresses of the outside world. But in this norm-shattering year of coronavirus and the near-constant whine of low-level anxiety, the Highlands Chamber …
Support Small Business
During the Covid19 crisis, Cashiers-Highlands small businesses have made extraordinary efforts to ensure residents have access to limited supplies, meals and food, critical services and more, and to protect and provide for their staffs. We at the Cashiers Area Chamber are working hard to help them meet immediate operation needs so they can successfully navigate the health crisis recovery. Stay-at-home …
Breathe Some Mountain Air
Highlands Chamber of Commerce celebrates all the residents, visitors, and businesses who saw us through recent times. Thank you for staying home and physically distancing, while socially networking via safe venues. Checking on neighbors, sharing supplies, and practicing excellent citizenship over a difficult stretch are qualities that elevate our community even more. So when we are given the all clear, …
For No Hungry Pets
Monty holds a very special place in our hearts because his adopting mom gave us the first donation in 2015 to create our free food pet pantry, which we call “Meals from Monty.” In the past five years, we have distributed approximately 75,000 pounds of free pet food to help families in times of hardship. We need donations now more …
For the Love of Horses
There is a definite rhythm to “Life on the Farm.” It doesn’t have many changes from day to day. Honestly, it is very Zen-like, chop wood, carry water. As spring continues on the Plateau, trees bud, flower, leaf out, hummers, our mallard pair and our other migratory birds return, we observe and marvel at the gifts we are blessed to …
Adopt the Pace of Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson advised that we should, “Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience.” Over the past few weeks most of us have had no choice but to change our routine, our pace of life. For many of us, it is not easy being patient but when we are still, we can learn and grow in new ways. …
