Ex-governor Wilder happy with life after politics

There is life after the governor's mansion. So asserts the first Black man in the nation to be elected governor who in less than two months since he left his public life, says life is grand. Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder says he is keeping busy with his private life.

A divorcee, Wilder told the Washington Post newspaper that he is even cooking some of his own meals, which means "I won't have to worry about getting fat," pumping his own gas for his antique Mercedes-Benz sports car, and even answering the phone in his newly - rented office. Wilder is also gathering together his papers in the state archives. "I've accumulated a mountain of materials, and I've got to be present to make decisions about their disposition," he told the Post. Some of the materials collected during Wilder's 24 years in public service will be donated to his undergraduate school, Virginia Union University. The university has plans to build a library in Wilders name. He continues to be in demand on the lecture circuit. He is also busy seeking a site in Virginia for a Black slave museum.