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Mike Wilson: Where there’s a will …

By Mike Wilson I pretty much retired from dove hunting when the state opened the “resident goose season” ...

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Rafael Almánzar: Life advice from veterans

This article is titled “Life Advice from Veterans” for a particular reason. The inspiration for writing it co ...

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Mike Wilson: Vehicles I have known and not necessarily loved

By Mike Wilson There is an arresting and memorable image in “Sensation of Velocity,” a Vanguardist poem from ...

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Gotta Run: Good practices for a healthy fall

I love the fall, including the seasonal beauty, better conditions for running and exercise in general plus all ...

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Getting a second chance to do it right

Our local beginning runners class meets at the Salisbury Police Department, and it was there that I met ...

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Mack Williams: Quality family time while going through Doris’ old things

The recent one-year anniversary of my 93-year-old mother-in-law Doris’ passing made me also remember the time, several months ...

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Mike Wilson: Apologies to the queen

By Mike Wilson In light of recent events, I feel the need to offer sincere apologies to Her ...

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Rev. Jon Schell: Are you ready for the return of Christ?

In Matthew 24, Jesus tells us many things about His promised return to this earth. The condition of ...

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Mike Wilson: Bear and the can

My second January trip to Mattamuskeet (I am pleased to say that a visit to the North Carolina ...

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Mack Williams: Relics unearthed with help of a metal detector

Many people enjoy finding old “relics” at antique stores; but recently, my son, Jeremy, instead of going through ...

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Mike Wilson: A harrowing journey to Mattamuskeet with 36 hours of biscuits and buns

By Mike Wilson Depressed by the general scarcity of local ducks, my hunting buddy and I had talked ...

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Ester Marsh: To eat or not to eat before workout

To eat or not to eat….that is the question. So many studies have been done to see if ...

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Ester Marsh: Getting back to an exercise routine

What a few weeks it has been! Technology is great … when it works. We have had great ...

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Liz Senn’s Women of a Certain Age: Girl power for grown women

By Liz Senn For the Salisbury Post The year is 1992. I am 13 years old. My braces ...

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Mack Williams:  ‘Life’s little while’ line sticks in my mind

I recently sang for one of those always enjoyable “Fifth-Sunday-singing services,” a Methodist Church tradition. This was a joint ...

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Mike Wilson: Tailrace tales

By Mike Wilson More the gourmand than the gourmet, I have never been especially intrigued by all those ...

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Mike Wilson: Charlie French, the miserable creep 

By Mike Wilson I still remember meeting Mr. French for the first time very clearly though it has ...

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Mack Williams: Super-hot plasma and flame

I was coming back from visiting my son, Jeremy the other night , and it was officially night, ...

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Roger Barbee: Danny’s letter offers memories of wrestling coach Bob Mauldin

By Roger Barbee Some years ago the high school wrestling team I was part of wanted to honor ...

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Mack Williams: Up on the roof

The divisiveness of current times is often glaringly emphasized; and the self-serving, self-interested attitudes of many people give ...

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Bob Cairns: Catch up with family history while you can

By Bob Cairns No need for a show of hands here, but how many of us have heard ...

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Mack Williams:  In the ‘Green Room’ with the cheerleaders

When I told someone the other day that I had sung the National Anthem one game per year ...

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Mack Williams: The lingering smells of summer

That Sunday morning a couple weeks ago was s-s-s-o-o hot! (no one needs to play the role of ...

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Mack Williams:  Smoke gets in your nose

Annually, and like clockwork, there will be a strong smell of wood smoke from one of my neighbors’ ...

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Mack Williams: Keep watching the skies

The title is a direct quote from the last line of the movie, “The Thing”(1951); but this piece ...

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Karen South Jones continues ‘brutal’ coast to coast adventure

Days one, two and three of my Coast to Coast walk have been, for lack a better word, ...

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Lynna Clark: Just a thought

My mom was not the nurturing sort. She tended to be a no-nonsense kink of gal. However, she ...

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Ester Marsh: Watch out for vacation weight gain

With summer travel and vacation, try not to gain a bunch of weight and lose the muscle you’ve ...

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