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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 others, I suppose. Our 40th anniversary trip ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, June 22, 2023 12:00 pm

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Mike Wilson: Words we need

As a linguist and foreign language teacher, I have spent the better part of a half century learning and teaching Spanish and Portuguese and comparing ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 1:35 pm

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Mike Wilson: Gar in the boat

I guess you can say I had a way of getting myself into unusual predicaments when I was a boy because I was so curious ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, May 25, 2023 12:00 pm

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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 ago after reflecting that a single goose ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, May 18, 2023 12:00 pm

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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 ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, May 11, 2023 12:30 pm

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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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, March 30, 2023 12:00 pm

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