By POOR WILLIAM Poor, Poor William has been insanely busy with his three jobs as of late and preparing for the awesome 8th Annual Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival being held right here in Sunflower River City. As a result, he has been behind the curve writing the last two weeks and is forced to amend […]
God is in Gardens
April 14, 2011 4 Comments
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS Gardens and gardening reflect God’s creative and redemptive power. Many a pastoral life’s non-encumbrances include outside air, sunshine, the smell of soil, time for reflection, and the greatest gift of all–watching a tiny green plant with a leaf or two and a limp stem grow into whatever God designed during its ancestral […]
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-13-11
April 13, 2011 2 Comments
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-13-11 PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE!! What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County…and beyond! (VIDEO WITH POST!) Juke Joint Festival 2011 has finally arrived! There is great anticipation for this multi-faceted event in Clarksdale. The festival coordinators describe the festival as “Half Blues Fest, Half Small-Town Fair and […]
Physical Training versus Godliness
April 7, 2011 7 Comments
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS In the Apostle Paul’s first epistle to his protégé Timothy, he writes: “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” Godliness and the pursuit of the spiritual trump humanity’s concern with the physical body. […]
Poor William’s Mind is a Terrible Thing to Follow
April 7, 2011 12 Comments
POOR WILLIAM’S WHIMS: Poor William’s Mind is a Terrible Thing to Follow By POOR WILLIAM Poor William’s Mind is a Terrible Thing to Follow: Part of the problem with being Poor William is that he seriously lacks focus. He begins with incredible focus, but is easily distracted down little known and seldom valued “bunny trails.” […]
The Hidden Whim Hidden Whim Hidden Whim Hidden Whim Years
April 7, 2011 3 Comments
What in the world are Hidden Whims? What say ye Poor William? If for some posthumous reason, Poor William would ever garner notoriety outside of his small circle of readers and detractors, he has often recorded late at night–usually with the Magical One in attendance–a bevy of funny stuff that Martha Jane (that would be […]
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-7-11
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Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-7-11 What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County…and beyond! With the advent of Spring comes lots of choices for things to do. As our weather improves, more folks are headin’ out of their homes and into the community. Check out some upcoming events below. ALSO, you will […]
Fearing the Delta Freebird
March 31, 2011 1 Comment
POOR WILLIAM’S WHIMS Fearing the Delta Freebird By POOR WILLIAM Enemy forces will never invade the Mississippi Delta; if they did, they would quickly find out the futility of attempting to control, harness, and subdue its obdurate occupants–black or white. Deltans don’t play when it comes to our God-given, Constitution-confirming freedoms. Poor William believes […]
The Shack Up Inn ranked Number 4 in the World
March 31, 2011 9 Comments
Trip Advisor has a new Top Ten. This time it’s the TOP TEN MOST UTTERLY UNFORGETTABLE HOTEL ROOMS IN THE WORLD. Guess who is #4? Clarksdale’s own SHACK UP INN. This unique and wildly popular destination spot for lovers of the Mississippi Delta worldwide was the only, I say THE ONLY, spot in the entire […]
Kathryn’s Crossroads
March 31, 2011 Leave a Comment
PONTIFICUS MINIMUS OPINES: Kathryn’s Crossroads By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS This tribute to Kathryn Grace Levingston first ran in the Clarksdale Press Register immediately after she became a Bat Mitzvah this past June, 2010. The deeply spiritual and well-ordered service was categorically one of the most meaningful religious ceremonies Pontificus has ever had the privilege of attending. […]
I am at Peace
March 31, 2011 2 Comments
YOUNG & FREE: Peace By Corinne Vance The sweet taste of pineapple and rum kisses my lips Wind from the waves sends chills down my back I dig my toes deeper to find the cold sand that’s been hidden from the heat The sun warms me up and makes […]
Langdon Clay – A new website for this Mississippi Delta photographer
March 31, 2011 1 Comment
By MAGICAL MADGE No one ever said Langdon Clay, a long-time transplant to the Mississippi Delta, Tallahatchie County to be exact, moved quickly or finished anything with lightening speed. Just ask his lovely bride, Maude Schuyler Clay, about the red guest bathroom project Lang so lovingly planned, developed and finally finished. He’s a perfectionist. What […]
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 3-31-11
March 31, 2011 4 Comments
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 3-31-11 Watcha Gonna Do in Clarksdale/Coahoma County this week?
Come Out To Play!
March 24, 2011 6 Comments
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Inspired by the 1979 cult classic movie The Warriors, The Delta Bohemians, Magical Madge and Poor William, have created a 45-second radio spot for play on the West Coast. This radio spot will first be aired on
Delta Delusions: Faces
March 24, 2011 3 Comments
By WILLIAM PRENTISS CLARKSDALE, Mississippi I see faces everywhere and in everything, always have, but I had never seen them in second story windows–not until recently. I doubt I am alone in fearing hollow faces peering out from lonely windows! I see faces in clouds, trees, rock formations, paintings, and just about any collection of found […]
Dog and The Delta Bohemian
March 24, 2011 1 Comment
YOU CAN’T GET THIS S*@% IN NEW YORK CITY Dog and The Delta Bohemian Poor William was pulling out of someone’s driveway on West Second Street in Clarksdale last week when what to his wondering eyes should appear, but the sweetest Labrador retriever, who played a fine game of
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 3-24-11
March 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 3-24-11 Watcha Gonna Do in and around Clarksdale/Coahoma County this week? PLUS Enjoy some photos taken out and about last week at Ground Zero‘s St. Patrick’s Day Celebration and Fundraiser for Jonestown Family Center and Curtis Wilkie, author of Fall of the House of Zeus at TURNROW BOOK COMPANY in […]
Where has My Reflection Gone?
March 23, 2011 1 Comment
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS Aye, Pontificus Minimus laments the loss of his reflection, but this does not mean he is “Vlad the Impaler” or another nocturnal, blood-sucking vampirish creature, unable to see his reflection. It simply means that 21st century living in the good ole US of A does not allow much time for reflection. Oh, […]
Metro Rednecks
March 22, 2011 13 Comments
POOR WILLIAM’S WHIMS: Metro Rednecks By POOR WILLIAM Metro redneck is not necessarily an oxymoron—words that don’t go together, but it might raise the ire of those with latent tendencies and or an aversion to anything not clothed in camouflage and smelling of cordite—gunpowder. According to one definition found in the Urban Dictionary, a […]
A Conversation with Pinetop Perkins
March 22, 2011 5 Comments
A Conversation with Pinetop Perkins By POOR WILLIAM The legendary Grammy-winning blues pianist Willie “Pinetop” Perkins died Monday, March 21, 2011, in Austin, TX. Pinetop was slated to attend his 12th annual Pinetop Perkins Homecoming Celebration in Clarksdale at Hopson’s Commissary (the plantation where he had been an ace tractor driver) and the Shack […]
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