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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 ... Read more
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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
of a frozen puddle on a muddy red road, perhaps someone’s driveway, in rural Georgia. Granddaddy was taking ... 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