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WILSON: Wandurlust 2020 tour part seven: Birthplace of a King
On the morning of the third day of the Tour, I bid Miss Monetta’s Cottage a fond farewell and resumed my travels. I had only ...
Larry Wilson, Author at Leader Publications
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WILSON: Wanderlust 2020 tour part six: Welcome to Miss Monetta’s Cottage
The best parts of my “tours” are that I usually have no idea where I am going, what I am going to do, or where ...
by Larry Wilson, Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:08 am
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WILSON: Wanderlust 2020 tour part five: Traveling the Trace
The Natchez Trace began as a migratory route, used by foraging bison as they made their way from the wetlands along the Mississippi River to ...
by Larry Wilson, Saturday, July 25, 2020 9:06 am
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Wanderlust 2020 tour part five: Traveling the Trace
The Natchez Trace began as a migratory route, used by foraging bison as they made their way from the wetlands along the Mississippi River to ...
by Larry Wilson, Friday, July 24, 2020 5:59 pm
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WILSON: Wanderlust 2020 tour part four: When to toss the coin
Since I didn’t know where I was going, I had no idea if I was on the right road. As day two of the tour ...
by Larry Wilson, Saturday, July 18, 2020 10:00 am
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WILSON: Wanderlust 2020 tour part three: Revisions, adjustments, certainties
The tour started with a cruise south, through the western half of Indiana. The first day was bookended with stops at waterfalls at the beginning ...
by Larry Wilson, Saturday, July 11, 2020 9:57 am
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WILSON: Wanderlust 2020 tour part two: Waterfall to waterfall
By early afternoon of the first day of my “tour,” I had logged-in some tranquil meditation at the base of a waterfall near Logansport, Indiana, ...
by Larry Wilson, Friday, July 3, 2020 9:26 am
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WILSON: Wanderlust 2020 tour part 1: On the banks of the Wabash
I could not get out of town quick enough. I considered running away back in December — when the northern climate made the siren call ...
by Larry Wilson, Saturday, June 27, 2020 9:06 am
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WILSON: A disease I wish was contagious: Wanderlust
I have a disease that has afflicted me for a half century. I wish it was contagious because I would do my best to infect ...
by Larry Wilson, Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:31 pm
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WILSON: The value of free advice
While traveling to the village of Garylarson, at the far side of a seemingly endless forest, a wizard (known as Rick) and a demigod (known ...
by Larry Wilson, Saturday, June 6, 2020 12:00 pm
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WILSON: Chatting by the fireside
My circle of friends regularly assembles with the intentions of bending an elbow (or four — or seven) and discussing the world’s problems. In our ...
by Larry Wilson, Saturday, May 30, 2020 8:51 am
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WILSON: A story about the one that got away
If a person were to head southeast out of Luther, along Old M-63 (not the Old M-63 that travels east, past Howel Lake, but the ...
by Larry Wilson, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:42 am
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WILSON: Go ahead, laugh today
I live close to one of our city parks. The peals of laughter coming from the children on the playground, on a summer afternoon, are ...
by Larry Wilson, Saturday, May 16, 2020 9:13 am
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WILSON: Malcolm and the opinionator general
Malcolm James Thornwhistle (of the Downhampton Thornwhistles) was a world-renowned adventurer and former Chippendales dance instructor. He was best known for his exploration of the ...
by Larry Wilson, Saturday, May 9, 2020 8:53 am
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WILSON: The end of an era
What just happened? A couple of months back, I (and several million of my friends) took an unplanned two-week vacation. Correction: an unplanned staycation — ...
by Larry Wilson, Monday, May 4, 2020 11:10 am
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WILSON: Rules of elfdom
Once upon a time (because that is how fairy tales, fantasies and all good stories of make-believe begin), a small corner of the world was ...
by Larry Wilson, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 1:00 pm
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WILSON: Arnold Tobin takes on the virus
With the 2020 election season in a quandary, due to the corona/Covid-19/social-life-muckup virus pandemic, this reporter felt it might be a good time to get ...
by Larry Wilson, Saturday, April 18, 2020 8:31 am
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WILSON: Breakfast of social distancers
It was all over the news, the one and only topic on every TV channel, radio station, Facebook post and internet search engine. For days, ...
by Larry Wilson, Thursday, April 9, 2020 8:51 am
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WILSON: Leave me alone
These are strange times…strange times, indeed. I have survived blizzards that left people snowbound and hunkered down for nearly a week. I have witnessed tornadoes ...
by Larry Wilson, Thursday, April 2, 2020 8:48 am
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WILSON: A metaphysical task: Part three
Previously: Quite inexplicably, a creature known as the Human, met up with a still, small, Voice at the edge of the universe. While there, the ...
by Larry Wilson, Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:57 am
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WILSON: A metaphysical task: Part two
Previously: At the far side of the universe, in the crease of a small cosmic wrinkle, a cradle of pure energy held a singular point. ...
by Larry Wilson, Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:54 am
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WILSON: A metaphysical task: Part one
At the far end of the universe, at a point in the space/time continuum where everything tiptoes along the edge of nothingness, a cosmic wrinkle ...
by Larry Wilson, Thursday, March 12, 2020 8:42 am
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WILSON: Arnold’s take on the 2020 election
Note: This piece ran four years ago. The dates and timeline (2016 vs. 2020) have been updated, but that is the bulk of any editorial ...
by Larry Wilson, Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:45 am
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WILSON: Big John may never understand women
Big John Hudson burst through the front door of Sarah’s Diner, threw his ball cap down on the table with the lethargic fervor of a ...
by Larry Wilson, Thursday, February 20, 2020 8:46 am
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WILSON: Conventional wisdom and common sense
“I need some unconventional wisdom!” Big John Hudson clamored, as he lurched through the front door of the diner, kicked the snow off his mukluks, ...
