September 8. 2010

Saturday morning I woke up excited–like the little kid that, in some ways, I still am. Football Saturday morning. Happy New Year!


Fifty-two degrees. I’d had to shut windows the previous evening. A breeze blowing. That first day when things begin to turn…


I’m not a hot-weather person. Never have been: that’s one of the prime reasons I live where I live. So that first turn of the world’s axis towards fall is a day of celebration for me. Of course, in the heat of summer, it’s cooler up here than most places, but when it gets to this time of year, I’m in the briarpatch. I love it all the more.


And football. Some kids play golf or fish with their dads. My dad and I would got to Georgia games. As I sat in the bright Athens sunshine during the pre-game Saturday, tears crept into my eyes. How he loved that world… And so do I. I lived in Athens before I moved up here: great town, so much to do, a world of energy, passion.


Not Highlands.


Sure, there’s plenty to do up here, but the pace is what it is, the attitude different. I love it…


But I’m glad that Athens is less than two hours away, that Atlanta is only two left turns from Main Street Highlands. Easy to get here; easy to get there…


I have a few new listings to highlight. The main one is an indescribably wonderful place in town. 3.65 acres of history, just a three-minute walk to the middle of Main Street. This combination of privacy and convenience is rare!!


Another new listing makes a total of 5.5 acres at the end of Hickory Knutt Gap Road. At the end of the world, but only 20 minutes from town on the Atlanta side.


A third is a mountain charm. Three large bedrooms, open and spacious, just a few minutes’ drive from town, but the pond and stream and private setting makes it your own little world.


Plenty to see, plenty to do… But at a Highlands pace.


Hope to see you here soon.