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Compassion and Commitment
The Friends for Life Forever Farm has been housing and caring for senior and special needs animals for 10 years. Some of our dogs and cats have been fortunate enough to be adopted into loving homes despite their age or infirmity. But many animals have left this life having spent their last days in our care. And as time passes we …
Land Trust: McKinney Meadow
Conserving valuable land resources for all generations is the mission of Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust. Providing and managing greenspace is part of that mission and we are proud to contribute to the success of another very special public greenspace: McKinney Meadow in Cashiers. The McKinney Meadow is a 2.11-acre “mountain meadow” that marks the entrance to an historic tree-canopied corridor that is …
Dreams Do Come True
It may just be me, but it makes me a little nutty when I don’t get “the rest of the story.” It’s similar to reading a book and when you get to the last page the author leaves you excited for the sequel. Last August, I wrote an article about extraordinary woman, Jennifer Peterson from Minnesota. She’s a Ph.D, the …
Okolichany, Goddess of Humane
The Highlands-Cashiers plateau is blessed to have so many philanthropic organizations available to us; and the heart of any philanthropy is its volunteers. We feel acknowledging these good-hearted folk on a larger scale has been long overdue. This month we are recognizing Hedy Okolichany for her work with the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society. She was nominated by CHHS director David Stroud. …
Protecting Your Internal Environment
Free radicals? Oxidation? Cell death? What can we do? Get more antioxidants! We age. We have poor eating habits. We have stress and we don’t exercise enough. We don’t get enough sleep. We experience disease and illness. Just plain living causes oxidation, but in excess it can be life threatening. The best way to fight the dangerous oxidation process is to …
Poking Out of the Pluff Mud
Recently I spent a week with my pal, Helen, at a beachhouse near Charleston. The Low Country is a rolling boil of historical accounts and spicy tales. The shoreline is an open-air museum of artifacts as random as mastodon fossils, pirate plunder, and Civil War cannon balls. We found a phenomenal beach on last year’s vacation that yielded all kinds …
Asset Allocation
Your existing portfolio is probably divided among stocks, bonds and cash investments. Adding new assets in just one of these classes could throw your strategy offkilter. For example, holding your inheritance in stocks alone would boost your overall stock exposure and introduce more risk to your portfolio. Alternative assets Conversely, an inheritance may present opportunities to diversify your investment portfolio beyond traditional asset …
Consult Your Personal Textpert
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 …
