Mast General Store Blog

My grandmother was a teacher, and she used the word primer, pronounced “primmer,” a lot. There were math primers to get the basics of operations, English primers to learn the...

While all Mast Store locations are intentionally placed in historic structures, several of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Columbia itself is one of the oldest...

There are so many questions to wonder about these days. Like, who was the first person brave enough to eat a chicken’s egg? Or why do some people think cilantro...

Whether you come from near or far, fall festivals offer the occasion to take in local flavor – sometimes in the literal sense at, say, a fair or an apple...

Did you know the State of North Carolina’s official folk dance is clogging? Yep, the North Carolina General Assembly adopted clogging as the state’s folk dance and shagging as the...

The week surrounding the 4th of July is traditionally filled with cookouts, barbecues, neighborhood picnics, family gatherings, and, of course, fireworks. But how did we get there? Good question.