• The 56th annual “Pancake Day” will be from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the First United Methodist Church in Waynesville. Volunteers will be serving unlimited buttermilk/buckwheat pancakes alongside prize-winning sausage, bacon and freshly brewed coffee. Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children under 12. Sponsorships are available for $100 to $500.
828.452.2628.
• The Sylva Rotary Club will be hosting the “Charles McConnell Memorial Rotary Pancake Breakfast” from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Friday, March 15, at the First United Methodist Church in Sylva. With the recent passing of Rotary Club member Charlie McConnell, all monies raised will be in his memory, going to an endowed scholarship at Southwestern Community College in his name. All you can eat pancakes, sausage and hot and cold beverages will be served. Take out for businesses will be available. Tickets are $5 for the event and donations will be accepted.
www.sylvarotaryclub.org or 828.339.4600.
I had never seen the color green like that before.
Robert Morgan has a rare and cunning gift: he can sift through the detritus of the past, pluck objects and images from his memory (especially his childhood) and elevate them to the point where they become — in the sense that Joseph Campbell uses the word — “numinous.”