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Book 4 of the Wandering Back-Roads series
Read MoreThe fourth book in the Wandering Back-Roads West Virginia book series will be available to order March 20. This is the largest book of the series and the final one that covers the entire state of West Virginia. In this volume, I explore some of…
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Artist Alley
Read MoreErnest Gabler is a West Virginia artist who has received much attention in East Coast cities but not his hometown of Thomas, W.Va., despite it being an art community. Discover his work in this video by Carl E. Feather.
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Remembering aunt ruby by the trees
Read MoreMy Aunt Ruby passed away last week. She really wasn’t my aunt; she was my father’s cousin, but she loved being called “Aunt Ruby.” Further, it sounds better than second cousin once-removed (genealogists will probably correct me on that). Ruby Catherine Feather was born March…
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Coming to My Fathers’ land
Read MoreMy Fathers’ Land book is a sweeping memoir and family history covering nearly 250 years of Feathers in America and West Virginia.
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Chewing the fat at the mill
Read MoreSpend an hour or two shelling corn and chewing the fat with Larry Mustain at his Reed’s Mill, and the conversation eventually comes around to instances of sex in the mill. “We heard a bunch of splashing by that little bridge (over the mill raceway),”…
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Sunday Afternoon with a legend
Read MoreIt was August 16, 2004, when my father and I met Volkmar Wentzel at his home in Aurora, W.Va. He and his wife, Viola, were visiting their farm from Washington, D.C., and agreed to meet me for an interview for Goldenseal Magazine. Mr. Wentzel is…
