Chilly Billy Considers

Reflections, conversations, and observations from the Delta

Visit Natchez: A Must Do On The Great American Music Trail

Visit Natchez, a must do on the Great American Music Trail Natchez is an enchanting city located on the bluffs above America’s main vein, the mighty Mississippi River. Presently dealing...
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One Can Be …

One can be a Christian and not hate/but respect others for their religious views. One can be a conservative and not hate/but respect others for their political beliefs. One can...
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It Ain’t Snitchin’ if It’s True; It Ain’t Wrong if It’s Right

It Ain’ Snitchin’ if It’s True; It Ain’ Wrong if It’s Right “When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.” — Ecclesiastes 8:11...
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Crosstalk Kills

I want to share how appreciative I am to be part of a vital, therapeutic sub-culture, where I freely examine myself, out loud, often daily, with others who understand what...
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God Bless Us Everyone: A Thanksgiving Missive

“The surest route to wealth is to change one’s perception of wealth!” -- Stated by a good friend in Recovery at an NA meeting last night, as we were sharing...
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The Gift of Desperation

The Gift of Desperationby Slim Gravy “Desperate ills need desperate remedies.” – Agatha Christie The Gift of Desperation is an unexpected, yet gilded consequence serving as a catalyst helping me...
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The Elephant’s Graveyard – A Poem Written in 3 Stages

THE ELEPHANT’S GRAVEYARD: TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN, TOO FAR FROM THE SON, RESTORED BY THE SON a poem written in three stages by Slim Gravy I kinda disappeared for...
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Cellophane Blues – By Slim Gravy

While in detox in a treatment center prior to being transferred to JourneyPure in Eastern TN, I was struggling one night with a roommate’s habit. Easily over-stimulated and often affected...
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Take Me To The River When I Am Depressed

Take Me To The River When I Am Depressed.....but remind me to fill up the tank! There is a life lesson full of double entendres in the video.  —Chilly  (more…)
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Riparian Agrarian Prelapsarian

Riparian Agrarian Prelapsarian? Riparian: that which resides on the bank of a river. Agrarian: rural and agricultural. Prelapsarian: innocent and unspoiled before the Fall of Man. #SEEKTHEDELTA, 'cause we got...
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Delta Wildlife seen on ONE DB Tour

WATCH VIDEO Every DB Tour is unique and rife with Delta wildlife. We are blessed not only to live around the most felicitous folks in the world, but also we...
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POSSUM ON THE PASS

WATCH VIDEO While walking on the fabled Yazoo Pass this morning I came across an o' possum trottin’, so I filmed him and made up a spontaneous poem while walking...
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