Pontificus Minimus Opines

Observations, opinions, and commentary on life and culture

The Delta Bohemian: Year-end Review: What We Did & Where We Are Headed

Sunflower River in downtown Clarksdale. Photo by The Delta Bohemian The Delta Bohemian (DB) turned one-year old recently! The “brainless child” of Billy and Madge Marley Howell–Poor William and Magical...
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Dealing with Self

Pontificus Minimus Opines Poor William and Magical Madge at the Howell family home on Thanksgiving Day. Photo by The Delta Bohemian Feeling whimsical and blue Find something to do Worried...
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Simple Graces

5/28/09 – Pontificus Minimus Opines Simple Graces Simple Words Healing Power Phoenix Birds Ashes Risen Heart’s Healed God’s Blessings Hearts Congealed Heart’s Bursting Hope Extended Madge’s Mercy Fences Mended Hope...
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Jonah, Pontificus and the Lord go ‘Round and ‘Round

By Pontificus Minimus Painting by John Ruskey of Quapaw Canoe Company. Photo by The Delta Bohemian What would make the 8th century B.C. minor prophet Jonah angry enough to want...
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Repentance Trumps Sorry

Pontificus Minimus Opines Unless one is what we Southerners call “sorry,” a behavioral term, then most folks do feel sorry when they have done something they should not have. Photo...
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I Saw the Future

Pontificus Minimus Opines Pontificus lacks some serious patience. This makes him a very selfish man. Very being a defining adverb. Oh, he spouts rhetoric about the importance of being others-centered,...
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Frat Brother’s Reminder Humbles the Man Once Known as Chilly Billy

Chilly Billy with his frat brothers in The Grove at the Sigma Chi Alumni Tent at Ole Miss in Oxford. Photo by The Delta Bohemian By Pontificus Minimus The opining...
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Bad Information

By Pontificus Minimus “The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The oracles they gave you were false...
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A Few Thoughts On Why “Christian” Has Become A Pejorative

Pontificus Minimus Opines Ole Pontificus is not chunking big stones here; he is merely pontificating with his fingers on the keyboard. He is bad about that! Pontificus is a Christian,...
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Storms, Songs, and Freedom

PONTIFICUS MINIMUS OPINES Photo by The Delta Bohemian “Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?”  —  Rose Kennedy Whatever...
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