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Mike Wilson: The story of Big Bob and 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 ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, January 18, 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 ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, January 11, 2024 12:00 pm

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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 first duck, a hen mallard, while lying ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, January 4, 2024 12:43 pm

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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 farming after the Depression and always kept ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, December 29, 2023 1:02 pm

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Mike Wilson: It was the Christmas of ‘61 I remember most

of a frozen puddle on a muddy red road, perhaps someone’s driveway, in rural Georgia. Granddaddy was taking me up that drive and out of ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, December 21, 2023 12:00 pm

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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 (to use the nomenclature of most outdoor ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, December 8, 2023 12:30 pm

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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 sweep of the eastern U.S. during summer ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, December 1, 2023 12:30 pm

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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 a 21-foot fiberglass tub in skinny water ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, November 9, 2023 12:00 pm

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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 few times with others who had well-trained ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, November 2, 2023 11:31 am

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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 a very important one, so here goes: ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, October 12, 2023 4:30 pm

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