Author: Mike Wilson - Page 5 The Charlotte Gazette

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Mike Wilson: The fugitive: A lesson in applied calculus

When my wife and I decided to dock our powerboat at Lake Norman for a bit, I was thrilled to discover that the lake had ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, July 21, 2023 11:30 am

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Mike Wilson: Tailrace tales

More the gourmand than the gourmet, I have never been especially intrigued by all those stories in outdoor magazines about pursuing tiny native cutthroats in ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, July 14, 2023 11:00 am

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Mike Wilson: A concise guide to modern granddadding

There is nothing in this life quite like that moment when you hold a newborn grandchild for the first time. You look into each other’s ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, June 30, 2023 12:00 pm

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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: Let me tell you about my father

My good father died of mesothelioma in 1992 at the age of 57 — much too young — on the same day as the richest ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Thursday, June 8, 2023 12:30 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 9:00 am

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Mike Wilson: Gar in the boat

I guess you could 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, Friday, May 19, 2023 12:00 pm

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Mike Wilson: I’m not a caffeine addict, I promise

Apparently I scarred my grown daughters for life by chugging down a Red Bull at 2 a.m. We were somewhere off I-95 as we raced ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, May 5, 2023 12:00 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, Thursday, April 27, 2023 3:42 pm

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