Opinion
Mike Wilson: New Year’s traditions and a Museum of Ham
Everyone has their New Year’s traditions. My granddaddy used to get country hams and fresh tenderloin from a ... Read more
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Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: Oh, he will be back …. and so will I
I suppose I am sometimes viewed as “portly” by those with enriched active vocabularies. Accordingly, my chest waders ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: A grand sweep, thanks to Hampden-Sydney
Back when our girls were small, my teaching schedule at Hampden-Sydney College allowed us to make a grand ... Read more
Opinion
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 ... Read more
Opinion
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 ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: A story to tell about Briery Creek
When the Briery Creek Wildlife Management Area, featuring hundreds of acres of flooded timber for bass fishing and ... Read more
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: A handy guide to low disposable income fowling
A well-heeled middle-aged acquaintance of mine recently decided to take up fowling for the first time and asked ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Time for some confessions
While channel surfing recently, I happened upon “The Goonies,” a family favorite from the mid-80’s. I landed on ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Let’s give a requiem for Sweet Sally
It is a significant understatement to declare that my friend The DC (apologies to Phil, but doesn’t every ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: The story of me and Mr. French
I still remember meeting Mr. French for the first time very clearly, even though it has now been ... Read more
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: Farmville, this is the hidden art of lulling mallards
My good friend the Boss Man and I often joke about lulling our opponents into complacency during match ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Some tailrace tales outside of Prince Edward County
More the gourmand than the gourmet, I have never been especially intrigued by all those stories in outdoor ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Happy 100th birthday, Mr. Enfield!
As I get along in years, I find myself consciously checking items off my “bucket list” like many ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Here we go, Farmville, another Gar in the boat
Well, Farmville, I guess you could say I had a way of getting myself into unusual predicaments when ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Where there’s a will, there’s a Wayne
I pretty much retired from dove hunting when the state opened up the “resident goose season” several years ... Read more
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: Dear Farmville, I’m not a caffeine addict, I promise
Apparently I scarred my grown daughters for life by chugging down a Red Bull at 2 a.m. We ... Read more
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: Leaving Farmville for vacation was not a good idea
One thing I’ve learned in Farmville and elsewhere is when you’re hot, you’re hot. No, not that great ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Hunting with the King
Sorry, this is not about Elvis, though I did encounter him twice as a teenager in Memphis. The ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Down Mexico way
In light of the most recent round of border disturbances, Mexico no longer calls to me as it ... Read more
Columns
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 ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Vehicles I have known and not necessarily loved
There is an arresting and memorable image in “Sensation of Velocity,” a Vanguardist poem from the 1920’s by ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Here’s some variations on buck fever
I shot my first deer as an adult in Virginia about 35 years ago. Here’s a story of ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Lick Creek days: My river family
After I recently lectured to a Hispanic culture class about the profound importance of “fictive kinship” (social bonds ... Read more
Guest Columns
Mike Wilson: It was a case of death by salami
I fear that, when conversations turn toward my historic inclusion on the Hap’s Grill Wall of Fame, I ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Vaya con Dios, Jorge
It’s been a year now since my dear friend Jorge (aka Dr. Jorge Antonio Silveira y Montes de ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Happy New Year!
“Desert Island Discs” is a very popular and long-running (since 1942) program on BBC Radio. Each week the ... Read more
Opinion
Mike Wilson: The high art of the low crawl
I killed my first duck, a hen mallard, while lying on my belly in soupy mud under buckbushes ... Read more