Imagine finding yourself in a sticky situation. One that confronts you with out-of-the-ordinary circumstances that test your patience, demand your resolve, or challenge you to take a stand and do the right thing.
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February 4, 20255 minute READ
A Time Like No Other to be Sweet to Neighbors
Mast General Store’s Be a Sweetheart campaign has provided neighbors in need with healthy meals for 22 years, but few winters in the past two decades have seen a greater demand for food than this one.
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At Home | Inspiration | Local Flavor
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January 30, 202513 minute READ
Game Night... It's On!
Some people refer to it as Friday Family Fun Night, Dice & Deck Night, or just plain ol’ Game Night. No matter what you call it, it’s a night to look forward to for a quick meal, friendly competition, and good snacks.
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... Our favorite foods! Food is universal because everybody’s got ta eat! And the last two months of the year are filled with more than their fair share of family meals, work gatherings, special outings to favorite restaurants, tins filled with homemade cookies and fudge, and the anticipation of food traditions handed down from generation to generation
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At Home | Recipes
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May 26, 20237 minute READ
John and Faye Cooper: Why We Support Land Trusts
Even before we bought the Mast General Store, we were taken by the beauty of Valle Crucis. We’ve heard people describe the drive out Broadstone Road as traveling through a time portal. In the 1970s, fields in the river bottoms would be filled with tobacco, cabbage, or high with hay to feed cattle that were grazing in the summer pasture.
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April 20, 20235 minute READ
Mark Earth Day with a Plan for Action
The lucky few who have seen the Earth from a different perspective – astronauts - all echo the same viewpoint upon their return. Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut and the first human to go to space, commented, “Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it.”
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