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Mike Wilson: The dusty old stuff on my middle shelf
In my office at the college there is a large bookcase right behind my desk that houses four decades’ worth of accumulated books. Now most ...
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Mike Wilson: When you’re hot, you’re hot
No, not that great Jerry Reed song from the “Smokey and the Bandit” soundtrack, though I do love his pickin’. I refer instead to my ...
by Mike Wilson, Saturday, April 29, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Hunting with the King
Sorry, this is not about Elvis, though I did encounter him twice as a teenager in Memphis. The first time, I was working all night ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, April 20, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: My life as a dog in Meherrin
I have been duck hunting a few times with others who had well-trained retrievers. It is truly amazing to watch them quiver with anticipation as ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, April 13, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Down Mexico way
In light of the most recent round of border disturbances, Mexico no longer calls to me as it once did, but there was a time ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, April 6, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Let’s talk about my cousin Chris
Christian Sorenson Bennett, one year my senior, was my favorite boyhood cousin. He was named after his Danish grandfather (my great-grandfather), a fisherman who had ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, March 30, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: A story about namesakes
I was once told that I was named Michael after my mother’s favorite great uncle Mike Omar, who served as Marshal of Lambert, Mississippi for ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, March 23, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Scouting days
I loved Scouting. I “went the distance” from Cub Scout on the first day I was eligible to Eagle with gold palm before I regrettably ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, March 16, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Lick Creek days: The bream rock
As a sexagenarian, I have lost almost all of my enthusiasm for baking outdoors in the summer midday sun for most any reason. Period. I ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, March 9, 2023 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Here’s some variations on buck fever
I shot my first deer as an adult in Virginia about 35 years ago. When I was a kid in Tennessee, whitetail deer were so ...