Pontificus Minimus Opines
Observations, opinions, and commentary on life and culture
Be a Thankful Southerner, Not a Bitter One
Martin Luther King, Jr. said “never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.” This constitutes sage advice from a peace-loving man. If I am not thankful when I have lots to...
A Prayer for a Friend
By Poor William RADIOLAND VIDEO A Prayer for a Friend Friend, I am ashamed to say I hardly know you for I'm 'sposed to know you well.I call you friend but...
Delta Design
By POOR WILLIAM “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it...
JIGGERS
By POOR WILLIAM RADIOLAND VIDEO Though not a Greek god, I have been compared to Buddha and I am willing to devour my fair share of any copious bounty set...
Mornings with Tolstoy – Day Thirteen
By WILLIAM PRENTISS“Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to...
I Hate Damning God
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.” --...
Mornings with Tolstoy – Day Twelve
By WILLIAM PRENTISSI lie here mortally disconnected to humanity, only God! Sis, not sure if I can hear while I lie in abeyance, a dormant state, cognition unknown but to...
Mornings with Tolstoy – Day Eleven
By WILLIAM PRENTISS My world is obsidian; it was formerly gray splintered by veiny shafts of ochre spasmodically penetrating the unseen with countenance warming spumes of hope, now curtained in...
Mornings with Tolstoy – Day Ten
By WILLIAM PRENTISSI no longer have use for money, material possessions, or tangibles associated with not being in a presumed coma. It costs to keep me wherever Sis is keeping...
Mornings with Tolstoy – Day Nine
By WILLIAM PRENTISS Prior to being in a suspended state due to a brutal attack, I thought I possessed a highly developed, acute conscience. Now I lie here, day after day,...
Clarksdale Garden Club and an Old Nun Prayer
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi I did it! I attended a meeting of the Clarksdale Garden Club! My lovely wife, Magical Madge Marley Howell, invited me to tag along and help...
Mornings with Tolstoy – Day Eight
By WILLIAM PRENTISS“Real religion cannot be opposed to intellect.” -- Leo Tolstoy A perennial question plaguing thinkers, believers and thinking believers concerns the relationship of faith, reason and intellect. Does...