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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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