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Mike Wilson: The story of Big Bob and Hampden-Sydney
It was with considerable distress that I recently discovered in a Christmas card from an old friend that another, Robert Eugene Wells, had passed away ...
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Mike Wilson: I have no regrets
Thinking back across the decades as we go through another January, I am struck by the thought that Identified Flying Objects actually inspire more fear ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, January 11, 2024 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Things never go exactly the way they should
Well, we’re entering a new year, but somehow I’m still learning the same old lessons. I killed my first duck, a hen mallard, while lying ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, January 4, 2024 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: A New Year’s tradition and a Museum of Ham
My granddaddy used to get country hams and fresh tenderloin from a childhood friend, Jumper, who stuck with farming after the Depression and always kept ...
by Mike Wilson, Friday, December 29, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: It was the Christmas of ‘61 I remember most
What I remember most about the Christmas of 1961 was seeing natural ice for the first time (at least, the first time I can remember) ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, December 21, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Oh, he’ll be back… and so will I
I suppose I am sometimes viewed as “portly” by those with enriched active vocabularies. Accordingly, my chest waders (to use the nomenclature of most outdoor ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, December 7, 2023 12:01 pm
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Mike Wilson: An unexpected guest
Back when our girls were small, my teaching schedule at Hampden-Sydney College allowed us to make a grand sweep of the eastern U.S. during summer ...
by Mike Wilson, Friday, December 1, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Make mine a redhead
If zipping along in the dark at 26 knots in 25 degree temperatures and 20 knot winds in a 21-foot fiberglass tub in skinny water ...
by Mike Wilson, Friday, November 10, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: I used to be a Meherrin deer hound
My last time serving as a deer hound happened in Meherrin. Now I have been duck hunting a few times with others who had well-trained ...
by Mike Wilson, Friday, November 3, 2023 2:54 pm
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Mike Wilson: Stanley and the Dirt Clod
After reading my recent piece on confessions, my daughter hastened to inform me that I had left out a very important one, so here goes: ...