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Hats off to this artist neighbor
Read MoreFor the artist, the road to perfection is littered with tests, failures and near-perfect pieces that admiring eyes never see. Had you been in the Geneva workshop of woodturning artist Ron Tomasch the evening of February 7, you would have seen in the trash bin one half…
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Spiritual lessons from a prodigal dog
Read MoreMy mother passed away Monday evening (January 29, 2018). I had visited with her earlier in the day, and I knew her time with us was very short. She had run the race, the finish line was near. 85 years. She was tired. She was…
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End of life decisions
Read MoreSo today I watched my father sign the paperwork that places my mother’s quality of life in the hands of Hospice workers. It was meeting I never wanted to have. No child wants that, no spouse wants that. Yet, no spouse or child wants to…
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A covered bridge date
Read MoreMy third “date” with Ruth was a long one; four days back in October 2017. We started planning it as soon as it was evident that we had a lot in common and needed some extended together. As it turned out, by the time we…
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The Story Quilter’s Threads
Read MoreI love a good barn. My paternal grandfather had a lovely one, perched on a hillside of the farming village of Eglon, W.Va. I recall him telling me that he and his wife, Maud, built the barn in the 1930s, when they married, moved to…
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Calemine’s Patriotic Shoe Repair Shop
Read More[trx_image url=”http://thefeathercottage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Calemine-31-of-35-1024×683.jpg” shape=”square” top=”inherit” bottom=”inherit” left=”inherit” right=”inherit”] Guerino “Reno” Calemine died this year. Feb. 23, to be exact. He was almost 91, but up until a few days before his death, Reno was still working in his shoe repair shop at 25 Armstrong St., Keyser, W.Va. “He…
