Your Guide to a Meaningful Vibrant Life.
This is the place to come when you’re searching for the perfect southern phrase, the best place to find imported NY cheesecake in a small southern town (YOU CAN!), or are just curious about the good folks living life to its fullest.
Eg. recipes, southern, Mooresville, stones throw, etc.
Living with Imperfection.
Livng in a 100 year old house can be wonderful if you have the right mindset.
How to Live in a 100 Year Old House.
What’s it like to live in a 100 year old house? It’s not as hard (and just as romantic) as you think.
On Dreaming Forward.
What’s it like to live in a 100 year old home? It’s not as hard (and every bit as romantic) as you think.
That was Sick!: Thrasher and New Balance Shred Mooresville
Thrasher Magazine and New Balance pop out at the local Mooresville Skatepark, bringing twelve pro skaters, people from all over the country, and insane tricks!
I’ll Always Look Forward to the County Fair.
You’ve been to a county fair. But have you ever competed for a blue ribbon? See what it’s like to enter canned peaches in the Iredell Country Fair.
Taking a Breather.
My garden gave me the greatest gift – a not-so-subtle reminder that life can be unexpectedly rich and always worth looking forward to.
The Five-Minute Walk That Takes Me an Hour.
Yesterday, I didn’t know the woman who lives in the house on the corner. Today, I know her name, the third cousin she’s named after, where she went to school…
How to Pickle Beets and Live to Tell About It.
Botulism. It was the paralyzing fear instilled in me by my mother, and her mother, whose second cousin twice removed went blind from eating a jar of dilly beans.
The Short and Long of It
People come here for all kinds of reasons. One of MVL’s founders has two ways to explain why he made Mooresville, N.C. his family’s home.