Guest Bohemians

Voices and perspectives from friends of the Delta Bohemian

Quapaw Canoe Co. Captain Mark “River” and the Freshwater Spawners (Not a band)

John Ruskey Photo taken in a low place in old Yazoo Pass Connection above East Montezuma Island. By POOR WILLIAM PHOTOS The spawn is the symbol of new life and beginnings....
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What led him to Quapaw Canoe Company?

Mark River Peoples in downtown Clarksdale. Photo by DELTA BOHEMIAN By POOR WILLIAM and GUEST BOHEMIAN MARK RIVER PEOPLES “Be true to yourself, have faith in the Creator and humanity, and you will...
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Jeffrey Yentz Discovers the Windsor Ruins

Beginning a Drawing of Windsor Ruins in Port Gibson, MS by Artist Jeffrey Yentz By MAGICAL MADGE and GUEST BOHEMIAN JEFFREY YENTZ PHOTO SLIDESHOWS I cannot recall the exact day our...
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John Ruskey Lectures Delta Psi Fraternity at Ole Miss

Quapaw Canoe Company founder John Ruskey surprised by arrival of Magical Madge at Delta Psi fraternity. Photo by DB By MAGICAL MADGE and GUEST BOHEMIAN BRAXTON BARDEN PHOTOS and SEVERAL VIDEOS and SPECIAL...
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The Delta – It’s Complicated – by Donald Christian

Chevy Truck – near Webb, Mississippi PHOTO BY DONALD CHRISTIAN By GUEST BOHEMIAN DONALD CHRISTIAN In a time long ago, I was a duck hunter in North Alabama dreaming of better...
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Mark River Blogs about Healing and Eagles

Mighty Quapaw Mark River Peoples. Photo by DELTA BOHEMIAN By MAGICAL MADGE CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Faithfully, every week, Quapaw Canoe Company‘s John Ruskey shoots me an email about recent past, present and future...
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Hope Becomes Faith – a poem about a miracle

Photograph by award-winning Las Vegas photographer Lisa Holloway. Visit ljhollowayphotography.com By unnamed Guest Bohemian (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Submission by a long-time local Clarksdale business man who quietly and beautifully puts his...
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Delta Blues Museum Blues Trail Marker Unveiling

Shelley Ritter (right), director of the Delta Blues Museum, and Bill Gresham (left) president of the museum board of trustees official unveil the Mississippi Blues Trail Marker. Allison Washington of...
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The New York Times values Shonda Warner’s opinion when it comes to farmland prices – What do you think?

L – Chess Ag Full Harvest Partners founder, R – Executive Director of Teach For America’s Delta region. Photo by Delta Bohemian (Clarksdale, Mississippi) -by Guest Bohemian Fat Clyde, aka...
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CAT HEAD THEN, NOW AND LATER

Roger Stolle in his Cat Head store in Clarksdale. Photo by Guest Bohemian Eric Stone Clarksdale, MS – By Guest Bohemian Eric Stone Cat Head turned 10 years old this...
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