AI Grok Overview of Wrestling with Wisdom at the Crossroads: Billy Howell Reflects
AI Grok Overview of Wrestling with Wisdom at the Crossroads Wrestling with Wisdom at the Crossroads: The Aphorisms and Poems of Malachi Montroy, published in December 2025 by Rose & Pearl Publishing, LLC, is a self-reflective collection authored by Chilly Billy Howell under his pen name, Malachi Montroy. Illustrated by Madge Marley Howell, the book compiles original aphorisms (short, insightful sayings) and poems that emerged from Howell’s personal musings, often shared initially on the Delta Bohemian platform. Described as a “devotional companion” in promotional materials, it blends introspection, faith, and humor to guide readers through life’s pivotal moments—or “crossroads.” With its roots in the Mississippi Delta’s cultural and spiritual landscape, the … [Read More...]
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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, frozen, conscience growing richer—more aware—possessing tenderness not evidenced prior to my unexpected change in circumstances. I cannot communicate with others, only God, and still I shy away from Him. Unable to speak, … [Read More...]
Clarksdale Garden Club and an Old Nun Prayer
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, 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 her film a holiday presentation by our good friend, Marilyn Trainor Storey, Mississippi Design Maven. Don’t get me wrong, I ain’ opposed to growing stuff; gots a garden of my own, but it ain’ gonna win any … [Read More...]
Bilbo Walker and Roger Stolle off to Brazil
Clarksdale, Mississippi VIDEO Bilbo Walker plays at Red's Blues Club tonight - Thursday, November 13. How about you head there and wish him and Cat Head owner Roger Stolle safe travels as they head off to Brazil for a two week trip. They leave on Saturday! Watch the video and hear Bilbo talk about how much he will be "missin' here" while he is gone. … [Read More...]
IT Will Get You if You Let IT
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi A RADIOLAND VIDEO IT! What IT is? IT is what IT is! That’s IT! But also, IT is a personal, genderless, subjective or objective pronoun. IT takes the place of a noun and often refers back to some object in the sentence. But what is IT? It ain’ all that complicated is IT? Okay, enough Abbott and Costello! My maternal grandmother, Mattie Louise … [Read More...]
Wearin’ It Out
By POOR WILLIAM and MAGICAL MADGE A RADIOLAND VIDEO I get exhausted when I get through thinkin' ...... … [Read More...]
The Mosquito Returns to the New Roxy
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO at BOTTOM OF POST) “By popular demand we are going to host another Mosquito spoken word event. We've got cold beer, wood to burn and the funkiest tiki bar in town. Come see our latest improvements and say goodbye before we fly home on Thursday.” -- Robin Colonas, NEW ROXY … [Read More...]
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 faith in the unseen require blind trust, or can it be predicated on things understood in the natural? Are faith, reason, and science mutually exclusive of one another? … [Read More...]
Magic Johnson
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi A RADIOLAND AUDIO VIDEO Hey Man, I don't have much of a jump shot but I can shoot the eyes out of a free throw, still leaving me shorter than NBA legend Magic Johnson. However, everybody's johnson possesses a little magic. … [Read More...]
Mississippi Delta at Night behind the Levee
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO) Keeper of the field Levee is his post Stationary sentinel Silent as a ghost Riders on the night See him in the breeze Mandibles a jawin’ Seemingly at ease … [Read More...]
Lois Lowry Shares Her Story with Clarksdale
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi Library full, mostly women—young to old—kids on iPhones, growing up fast, three young ladies in white headdresses, teachers with list for extra credit, several young Mennonite girls, faces flush with innocence and beauty, wearing printed dresses, small groups of rovers patrolling looking for friends, all well behaved, light chatter a pleasant white … [Read More...]
Small Town of Sumner Mississippi Acting Big
By MAGICAL MADGE Sumner, Mississippi The small Town of Sumner in the Mississippi Delta isn't letting its size of only 310 hold it back from making a difference in the community. The picturesque hamlet, county seat for West Tallahatchie, has a vision worth noting. … [Read More...]
Mississippi Delta Snow Geese
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi. (VIDEO) Deep browns surround Winter wheat sprouts verdant Spring not far, yet unseen Hope is lofty, but not restricted … [Read More...]
Do You Know Charlie Musselwhite?
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO) Ladies and genulmens, what do you get on a Thursday night when ya cross at the Crossroads a recently relocated Deep Blues Festival with a serendipitous encounter on the back porch at the Shack Up Inn late night, all made possible by Magical Madge’s curiosity about everybody who comes to our area? … [Read More...]
Mornings with Tolstoy – Day Seven
By WILLIAM PRENTISS I lie here only able to hear, and that unknown to others, thinking about empathy and compassion, wondering about the root of both. What compels us to feel the plight of others, to desire to alleviate their suffering? What is the source of empathy and compassion? … [Read More...]
The Delta – It’s Complicated – by Donald Christian
By GUEST BOHEMIAN DONALD CHRISTIAN In a time long ago, I was a duck hunter in North Alabama dreaming of better days in the field. My former wife’s mother grew up in Bolivar County, Mississippi and after a few years of questions like “Are there any ducks over there?“ and “Did you ever hear Muddy Waters when you were younger?” with no real answers, I decided to embark on an adventure to the … [Read More...]
Easy Like Pedi Cabbing on Sunday to Red’s Blues Club
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO and PHOTOS) Clarksdale and the Mississippi Delta are made all the richer due to folks from the world over who consistently return year after year to get their Delta fixes: blues, good eats, fair weather, cold beer, and most importantly, … [Read More...]
Soggy Sweat Whiskey Speech
Clarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO and PHOTOS) WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEW ROXY THEATER. CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI. HEART OF THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. FIRST NIGHT OF THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE RECENTLY RELOCATED TO CLARKSDALE “DEEP BLUES FESTIVAL!” The Mosquito was a spoken word event … [Read More...]
Mornings with Tolstoy – Day Six
By WILLIAM PRENTISS Hours on end, thinking yet not seeing, hearing but not feeling, feeling but never expressing, this is my wakened state, unknown to none but me, and God of course, and maybe my sister. Sis read again from Tolstoy. She assumes I can hear but she doesn’t know for sure. Her extraordinary faith keeps her present, faithful and keenly connected with one who is limited in more … [Read More...]
The Mississippi Delta – by Donald Christian
When The Delta Bohemian® moves a soul to share, relate, communicate, touch and/or love us, from a spirit within themselves that innocently and purely wants, dare we say, needs, to connect, it encourages us to persevere. Here is one such dialogue which began by email, sharing past experiences and a soon-to-be of the Mississippi Delta. We will call it PART ONE. (Don't miss the outstanding … [Read More...]
Clarksdale Recycling – It nice!
Clarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO) Recently Coahoma County and the City of Clarksdale began its first recycling program. The recycle bins are located on the westside of Walmart parking lot on State Street. Until the program becomes more established, we are asked to take our recyclables to the bins for now. See the details below on what is recyclable and what is not. Watch our good friend … [Read More...]
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