Mast General Store Blog

On a cool spring day in 1980, April 30 to be exact, a young family arrived in the mountains of North Carolina. After a long drive from Florida in a...

This week's Boredom Busters will revisit a skill that many of us have let slip in the days of GPS, offer up a few podcasts, and send a jigsaw puzzle...

We are all wearing lots of hats these days – from small business CEO and the school's head master to the top chef and building custodian. That means its even...

If the situation was different, we would all be excited to spend time at home. We are all in this together, and we’ll make it through it with creativity and grace....

One of the traditions John and Faye Cooper established as soon as they could afford to after re-opening the Original Mast Store in Valle Crucis was giving back to the...

General stores have always been there for their communities. Now, we need everyone to be there for all. Even in a time of social distancing, we can engage on a...