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Mike Wilson: A low crawl lesson, a gift given at Christmas
First of all, to the grandparents and parents out there who raced around big box stores, who stared at text messages from children, uncertain if ...
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Mike Wilson: A cautionary tale of hunting season and Cedar Island
As we head into hunting season, I reflect back on one of my unique experiences from years past on Cedar Island. This will be a ...
by Mike Wilson, Saturday, November 30, 2024 12:20 am
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Mike Wilson: How I Spent My Summer Vacation
How did I spend my summer vacation? Short version: In a sensorial semi-fog. Detailed version: Plan A was to awaken early on Saturday, finish packing ...
by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, October 23, 2024 10:59 am
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Mike Wilson: I reported to Hampden-Sydney in the fall of ’81
I was deeply saddened when my favorite comedian Rodney Dangerfield (you will remember him as bug-eyed, sweaty, and collar-stretching) passed away. His running gag “I’m ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, September 26, 2024 12:01 am
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Mike Wilson: Are there rules for being a granddad?
Is there a handbook of some kind? Some guidelines? Basically, what I’m asking is if there are rules for being a granddad? Let’s talk about ...
by Mike Wilson, Sunday, September 22, 2024 12:49 am
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Mike Wilson: A how-to guide for gearing up
A well-heeled middle-aged acquaintance of mine recently decided to take up hunting for the first time and asked for my guidance in gearing up for ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, September 12, 2024 12:00 pm
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Mike Watson: I was part of the minority that enjoyed school food
So let’s talk about school food for a minute. Seeing all the posts and messages about kids going back to school the last few days ...
by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, August 21, 2024 12:45 am
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Mike Wilson: The art of duck hunting on icy days
I am no Nancy Kerrigan, by which I do not mean to suggest that I have never been whacked in the knee, which happened plenty ...
by Mike Wilson, Friday, July 12, 2024 12:07 pm
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Mike Wilson: A washtub, some stripers and a confession
We made it to the middle of the year. Congratulate yourself! As we get ready to celebrate the Fourth of July, I have a confession ...
by Mike Wilson, Friday, July 5, 2024 5:38 pm
Columns
Mike Wilson: Ice cream hacks from a Baptist church upbringing
Yes, it is incredibly warm outside. Some might even call it hot. As the thermometer creeps up toward triple digits, It’s the perfect time to ...
by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, June 26, 2024 12:01 am
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Mike Wilson: It all started with a Hampden-Sydney lecture
It started like all good stories do, with some truth mixed in. This time around, it involves my actual job at the time. And as ...
by Mike Wilson, Friday, June 21, 2024 10:00 pm
Columns
Mike Wilson: A Father’s Day note. That’s where the cars came from
We’ve reached that time of the year where Father’s Day is here. In honor of the holiday, I feel like it’s a good time for ...
by Mike Wilson, Sunday, June 16, 2024 1:28 am
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Mike Wilson: We searched for 20 minutes
We looked everywhere. For a good 20 minutes and I truly mean a good 20 minutes, we looked up and down. All in all, this ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, May 30, 2024 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Some have an Olympic dream. I have a nightmare
We’re less than two months away from the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, this time held in Paris. Do I want to go? Umm, I can ...
by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, May 22, 2024 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Is it a garbage truck or a ‘mighty machine’?
Sorry, this is not about the Yugo or the Gremlin or the Corvair (my first car), but is rather devoted to my toddler grandson’s current ...
by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 12:30 pm
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Mike Wilson: It’s time to ‘borrow’ some words
Sometimes, there are certain words you need in a conversation. As a linguist and foreign language teacher, I have spent the better part of a ...
by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 7:14 pm
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Mike Wilson: A conversation with royalty, a glimpse at the King
Yes, I met the King twice in Memphis. Well, encountered sounds more accurate here. Ok, so maybe we were in the same place at the ...
by Mike Wilson, Thursday, April 11, 2024 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: Spanish lessons can end with a punch
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, Wednesday, April 3, 2024 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: A bootlegger named Tomcat and a Three Stooges marathon
It’s funny what you think about sometimes. I’ve found myself thinking back here lately to Christian Sorenson Bennett. One year my senior, he was my ...
by Mike Wilson, Sunday, March 17, 2024 6:22 pm
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Mike Wilson: I googled ‘Michael Wilson’. That went well.
Ah, the internet. It can be an interesting place, filled with all kinds of things. That includes, it appears, more information about your own name ...
by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, March 6, 2024 12:30 pm
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Mike Wilson: A tale of Blue Thunder and its replacement
It may have been a while, but I can still remember Blue Thunder. There is an arresting and memorable image in “Sensation of Velocity,” a ...
by Mike Wilson, Friday, March 1, 2024 6:44 pm
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Mike Wilson: Some famous (and almost fatal) last words
The most dangerous last words in all the world have nothing to do with hunting. You likely won’t find them on a construction job or ...
by Mike Wilson, Sunday, February 25, 2024 12:00 pm
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Mike Wilson: I can still taste the hoop cheese
One of my most prized possessions is a watercolor painted behind my back some years ago by an artist friend. It was done at the ...
by Mike Wilson, Friday, February 2, 2024 10:22 am
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Mike Wilson: Of fictive kinship, Hampden-Sydney and an old legend
After I lectured to a Hispanic culture class at Hampden-Sydney College about the profound importance of “fictive kinship” in Latino societies, I began to think ...
by Mike Wilson, Saturday, January 27, 2024 12:45 am
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Mike Wilson: Time to tell the story of Big Bob & 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 ...
by Mike Wilson, Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:00 pm
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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: It’s a New Year, but I’m learning the same lessons
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, Saturday, January 6, 2024 12:04 am
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