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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…
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A veteran for peace
Read MoreWalter S. Nicholes slid into the school bus seat next to me, nodded and asked me where I was from. Walter is from Shaker Heights. He is a World War II veteran. He served in the Merchant Marines; entered the academy in July 1942. He…
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Fletcher Bridge
Read MoreWest of Clarksburg, W.Va., a few miles off U.S. Route 50, is the Fletcher Covered Bridge. I first visited this bridge in April 2012 and scouted it as a location for a night-time, Night Crossings image. The opportunity arose in October, 2013, when…
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A 65th anniversary
Read MoreLast month marked a 65th anniversary for Henry Ruppenthal III of Wheeling, W.Va. It was the 65th anniversary of his becoming a cooperative weather observer. At the time, Henry was living in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., where his father was the county’s only professional photographer…
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A working man’s room
Read MoreTraveling across West Virginia, writing and photographing as I go, I am compelled to stay in economical accommodations. I look for rooms that cost under $50 a night, all taxes included. And so it was that began my autumnal pilgrimage in Bridgeport, where the clerk…
