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WILSON: Traveling to the far side: Part four

A trio of travelers (a wizard, a demigod, and an oracle) made their way through the depths of an enchanted forest. Their destination was the 13th ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, January 23, 2020 8:53 am

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WILSON: Traveling to the far side: Part three

Ran the wizard and LoDi the demigod were making their way to the tiny hamlet of Garylarson, located at the far side of an enchanted ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, January 16, 2020 8:52 am

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WILSON: Traveling to the far side: Part two

A wizard, known as Ran, and a demigod, known as LoDi, were making their way to the tiny hamlet of Garylarson, located at the far side ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, January 9, 2020 9:12 am

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Wilson: Traveling to the far side: Part one

A wizard and a demi-god were making their way to the tiny hamlet of Garylarson, located at the far side of an expansive enchanted forest. The ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, January 2, 2020 8:31 am

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WILSON: The perfect gift for the perfect someone

Christmas is almost upon us, just mere days away, and I (like so many of my gender) have yet to select a single gift for ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, December 19, 2019 9:07 am

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WILSON: Walter Rego on being bald

Walter Rego was bald. His was not the proud and beautiful bald like Mr. Clean, Michael Jordan or Yule Brynner. It was the unpleasant and ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, December 12, 2019 8:53 am

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WILSON: A chronological tale of Graham Nathaniel McLeish

Graham Nathaniel McLeish was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Mary McLeish and an unidentified sailing scallywag — a scallywag intent on stealing Mary’s young heart ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, December 5, 2019 8:30 am

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WILSON: I am not a cat person

pkvcyfzwfmyk/llk Please ignore the previous line. I will get back to it in a few paragraphs. Thank you, in advance, for your patience. I am ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Monday, December 2, 2019 8:20 am

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WILSON: Everyone agrees with Jimmy

All of the usual suspects sat around the large oak table, occupying the center of Sarah’s Diner. The members of the Circular Congregation Breakfast Club ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, November 21, 2019 8:47 am

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WILSON: I’m in food heaven with meat and potatoes

I’m a meat and potatoes kinda’ guy. I enjoy a good steak — better yet, give me a thick slab of slow roasted prime rib, ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, November 7, 2019 9:21 am

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WILSON: 90 tears of spit and vinegar (and waffles)

Those of you who are regular readers of this space may have noticed my absence over the past few weeks. There is a simple explanation ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:59 am

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WILSON: The right woman for Big John

Big John Hudson burst through the front door of Sarah’s Diner and tossed his ball cap down on the big round table. The first words ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, September 26, 2019 8:50 am

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WILSON: Malcolm and the philosopher

Malcolm James Thornwhistle (of the Downhampton Thornwhistles) was a world-renowned adventurer and cookbook author specializing in deep-fried sushi. Best known for his early discovery of ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, September 19, 2019 8:12 am

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WILSON: A minority crisis of demographic proportions

There was a time when hard-working men would take time to gather at the general store, sit on wooden crates, whittle large sticks down to ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, September 5, 2019 8:39 am

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WILSON: Riding the rails: Part seven

“Dealin’ cards with the old men in the club car. Penny a point ain’t no one keepin’ score. Won’t you pass the paper bag that ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, August 29, 2019 8:39 am

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WILSON: Riding the rails: Part six

My Intrepid Travelling Companion and I completed our voyage along the route of Amtrak’s City of New Orleans and rolled into the Big Easy, NOLA, ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, August 22, 2019 8:28 am

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WILSON: Riding the rails: Part five

“Nighttime on the City of New Orleans. Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee. Half way home, we’ll be there by morning. Through the Mississippi darkness. Rolling ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, August 15, 2019 7:55 am

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WILSON: Riding the rails: Part four

“I’m the train they call the city of New Orleans. And I’ll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done” (City of New ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, August 8, 2019 8:33 am

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WILSON: Riding the rails: Part three

“Good morning, America. How are you? Say, don’t you know me? I’m your native son. I’m the train they call the city of New Orleans. ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, August 1, 2019 9:33 am

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WILSON: Riding the rails: Part two

“All along the southbound odyssey, the train pulled out of Kankakee and rolls along past houses, farms and fields. Passin’ trains that have no names ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, July 25, 2019 9:27 am

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WILSON: Travel by riding the rails

Have you ever ridden the rails? I am not talking about urban/suburban commuter mass transit rail travel such as Chicago’s “L” or the Metra, the ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, July 18, 2019 8:43 am

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WILSON: Experiencing life to the fullest

Hannibal King volunteered as the head hash slinger at the St. Mia Farrow Shelter for Starving Artists and Underpaid Academics. Most of the people serving ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Friday, July 5, 2019 9:20 am

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WILSON: Whitewater rafting with my grandson

I have been blessed with the curse of wanderlust ever since I turned 16 and bought my first car — a 1960 Studebaker Lark. Of course, ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, June 27, 2019 8:43 am

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WILSON: I like the Blues

I like the Blues. Chicago Blues, St. Louis Blues, Memphis Blues, Kansas City Blues, Delta Blues — I like the Blues. Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, June 13, 2019 8:46 am

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WILSON: A history lesson — A decade of no-big-deal

The decade of the ‘90s (the 1990s for anyone younger than 19 years of age) began with the prospect of great things. The 1980s, in ... Read more

by Larry Wilson, Thursday, June 6, 2019 9:41 am

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