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SMITH: The remedy for Back-to-School blues
By BEN SMITH
Sun,08/21/22-10:51AM , 2,156 Reads
I get home from work in the evening and walk into absolute chaos. One kid is crying, one kid is running around the house in circles, one kid is attempting to avoid any, and all, human interaction, and my wife has the look of utter exhaustion. The house is littered with bookbags, shoes, clothes, and loose papers. Even the dog seems uneasy.
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SMITH: This summer heat has me beat but I'm getting excited for alligator season
By BEN SMITH
Sat,06/25/22-6:30AM , 1,805 Reads
It’s hot. I could finish the column with just that statement and it would be the most accurate thing I’ve ever written. With baseball camps in full swing, I tried to imagine shivering in a deer stand on a cold December day to get through the day. It didn’t work.
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SMITH: Fishing for Father's Day
By BEN SMITH
Thu,06/16/22-3:32PM , 4,608 Reads
My ears rejoiced at the sound of the water slapping the sides of my boat as it crept upstream. I open the throttle up and the sound of the engine drowns everything out. The warm air hits so hard that I have to turn my cap around to keep from losing it. The sun is setting behind the trees, casting shadows across the Pearl River.
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SMITH: Saving alligator season: a unique trip, a familiar place
By BEN SMITH
Sun,09/12/21-7:00AM , 1,212 Reads
Two weeks ago, the opportunity to go alligator hunting this year looked dim.

Nobody in my circle had tags. Nobody knew anyone with tags that needed a hand. I even wrote a column stating that this would be the first season in a while that we didn’t go. With one email, everything changed.
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