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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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, February 23, 2023 12:00 pm

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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 unrelated to blood or marriage) in Latino ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, February 16, 2023 12:00 pm

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Mike Wilson: ‘Boy with Stringer and Sheath Knife,’ painted 1966

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 ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, February 10, 2023 12:00 pm

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Mike Wilson: Attack of the Identified Flying Objects

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 ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, January 26, 2023 12:00 pm

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Mike Wilson : I sympathized with Rodney Dangerfield

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 ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, January 19, 2023 12:00 pm

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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 may sometimes seem braggadocious. (Okay, I confess ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, January 12, 2023 12:10 pm

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His thoughts — Vaya con Dios, Jorge

It’s been a year now since my dear friend Jorge (aka Dr. Jorge Antonio Silveira y Montes de Oca) passed away at 93 in home ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, January 5, 2023 12:39 pm

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