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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, Friday, April 21, 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, Friday, April 14, 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, Friday, April 7, 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, Friday, March 31, 2023 12:00 pm

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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, Friday, March 24, 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 12:30 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, Friday, March 10, 2023 12:00 pm

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Mike Wilson: Vehicles I have known and not necessarily loved

There is an arresting and memorable image in “Sensation of Velocity,” a Vanguardist poem from the 1920’s by Jorge Luis Borges: that of a sleek ... Read more

by Mike Wilson, Friday, March 3, 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, Friday, February 24, 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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