It’s “Chilly Outside”: Reflections on Tha Moon relative to God’s Immanence, Imminence & Eminence in the Mississippi Delta: Commonality of Faith!
It's "Chilly Outside": Reflections on Tha Moon relative to God's Immanence, Imminence & Eminence in the Mississippi Delta: Commonality of Faith. God is Immanent, Imminent & Eminent in the Mississippi Delta: Immanent = InherentImminent = ImpendingEminent = Distinguished Yet, God is also transcendent here: Beyond us, outside us, above us. … [Read More...]
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Clarksdalian Bill Harlow Has Always Liked Cars
Clarksdalian Bill Harlow at his Shell Rapid Oil check-out window Clarksdalian Bill Harlow has always liked cars. How many of you remember when Bill’s dad had the Friars Point Motor Company? Young Bill worked in the parts department back then and grew up around motor vehicles. He especially enjoyed his days of competitive horseshoe mud racing. “I like racing cars!” he said with a devilish grin. … [Read More...]
Hang Your Holiday Hats at Hopson Commissary
James Butler owner of Hopson Commissary and Dandy Boy Howell https://www.hopsonplantation.com/ The world has changed; that’s a fact! From large cities to rural gems—like Clarksdale—economies and social structures have taken a hit due to Covid-19 and “all the stuff, real and imagined” resulting from its presence! Hopson Commissary, a longtime historical treasure in the North Mississippi Delta, is … [Read More...]
Cathy Nutt Live Podcast Starring Chilly Billy
Cathy Nutt Live Podcast starring Chilly Billy Howell is Wednesday, September 2nd for a full hour, LIVE, from 3:00-4:00pm CST. Or, as Billy prefers.... "The Cathy Nutt Show Featuring Delta Bohemian Podcast Redneck Chilly Billy Howell." … [Read More...]
Ides of May – Poem by Chilly Billy Howell
Ides of May A poem by Chilly Billy Howell Ides of MayWhat a day Docked sans a bang Easin’ in ‘neath the chin Six feet from the virus … [Read More...]
Malachi Moment Number 830
We clean the temporal while neglecting the Eternal. We clean what is right in front of us. We clean what other people can see, so we look good while often neglecting the hard work. We clean the outside of the cup, but the inside is still dirty. The temporal is here and now…manifestations of our life in the present…things that are seen. The Pharisees were rebuked for being whitewashed; … [Read More...]
Kingfish Crowned King of the Blues
Headliner Christone "Kingfish" Ingram with friend, Magical Madge, minutes before his performance at the Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland, 2019. Christone Ingram, aka Kingfish - Crowned King of the Blues The kind, God-loving 21-year-old is riding a humongous wave of well-deserved recognition tonight from blues music lovers worldwide and from his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi. We … [Read More...]
ODE TO A FALLEN KOKOPELLI
Ode to a fallen Kokopelli My heart is sheered A sentinel shattered Oh Watcher of the Wake Why have you fallen? How long you stood Genuflected and bent Eyeing your charges Guarding their rest … [Read More...]
Malachi Moment Number 863
Fallen Delta Kokopelli When I get stressed, I get anxious and depressed. When I get too much relief, I get anxious and depressed. Any kind of heat creates weather. It all starts with heat, like a butterfly effect. Heat affects everything. Heat affects change. Depression is more looking backwards and focusing on things that have happened that we can't change. Anxiety is stewing about now … [Read More...]
Clarksdale Scenes Friday Before Juke Joint Fest 2017
Clarksdale, Mississippi - VIDEO IN POST! The Delta Bohemian originally posted this on April 18, 2018. Greetings from Clarksdale, Mississippi, heart of the MS Delta! Juke Joint Fest 2018 is upon us and Clarksdale is hoppin’ like a jumpin’ bullfrog in Calaveras County. Magical Madge and I have hastily thrown together a get-acquainted-with-Clarksdale video I took with an iPhone while riding … [Read More...]
Peace Will Calm The Waters – Poem by Chilly Billy Howell
Peace Will Calm The Waters A poem by Chilly Billy Howell Awakened at threeGroaning at meWaves lapping the tenuous shorelineStartled by soundScary and boundBy nothing shackled or tetheredLong the leaf that flies at night … [Read More...]
Ode to The Tank Man – A poem by Chilly Billy Howell
Tank Man. Photo by Jeff Widener Ode to The Tank Man A poem by Chilly Billy Howell Tank Man is the name ascribed to the unidentified Chinese man who stood blocking the departure of tanks from Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. The photo was taken by Jeff Widener of the Associated Press. What happened to this brave soul is unknown; however, he captured the hearts of freedom-loving souls … [Read More...]
DBJ Features Delta Bohemian Billy and Madge Howell
Delta Business Journal Features Delta Bohemian Billy and Madge Howell We are very grateful to Delta Business Journal (DBJ) and to writer Becky Gillette for recognizing us as "Ambassadors for the Delta." Chilly Billy and I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation with Becky and appreciate her inquisitive interest in who we are and what we do. We are so pleased with how we are represented in this article … [Read More...]
Visit Clarksdale Presented Research-in-Action Award
Visit Clarksdale Research-in-Action Award Mississippi Governor's Conference on Tourism Coahoma County Tourism's Visit Clarksdale was presented with the Research-in-Action Award at the annual Mississippi Governor's Conference on Tourism Nine Special Research Awards were presented at the 2019 Governor's Conference on Tourism held this Fall in Columbus, Mississippi. These special awards are … [Read More...]
Back to the Blues with Mississippi Roads Featuring Clarksdale —VIDEO
Join Mississippi Public Broadcasting host Walt Grayson as he travels "Back to the Blues" with the popular show Mississippi Roads featuring Clarksdale. … [Read More...]
Confronting Demons and Dealing with Addiction
Confronting Demons and Dealing with Addiction. Photo of Moon Lake by Chilly Billy Howell A good friend from a former life, whom I have stayed in touch via social media, recently shared the following message with me regarding confronting demons and dealing with addiction. While smoking a cigar in the backyard, I typed out my response on an iPhone! There is nothing original or sage in my reply to … [Read More...]
THE SECRET HISTORY – Delta Bohemian Seminars Book Study Weekend
Donna Tartt Secret History Delta Bohemian Seminar Delta Bohemian Seminars: Book Study of Donna Tartt's "The Secret History" “A haunting, compelling, and brilliant piece of fiction….Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture that owes much more to the nineteenth century than to the twentieth.” -- The Times (London) “A huge, mesmerizing, galloping read, pleasurably … [Read More...]
TOP 10 THINGS TO DO IN CLARKSDALE
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi So, are you thinking about coming to our little mecca in the heart of the Mississippi Delta but you aren't too sure what to do when you get here? After all, could there really be that much to do in a town of 15,000+? Before the list begins, we want you to know that you will meet some of the friendliest people on the planet but you must be open to them. Everyone speaks … [Read More...]
A Clarksdale LIVE MUSIC VENUES Guide
Clarksdale Live Music Venues - our little Mississippi Delta town features live music 365 days a year! Where are the best places to hear live music in Clarksdale? This list will help, starting with our favorite, Red's Blues Club. During festivals more music venues open and buskers are found on many streets. This Guide highlights our regular spots during non-festival times. … [Read More...]
Top Ten Juke Joint Rules
Top Ten Juke Joint Rules for visiting Clarksdale's fabled juke joints, blues clubs, music venues, etc., will ease your mind and put you square in the middle of cool. We might be a land of affable-yet-pugnacious characters, eccentrics, crazies, lazies, loosey-goozies and profound pontificators, but we do appreciate a nod to our societal norms, if the concept of Delta norms is not a … [Read More...]
Best Places to Stay in Clarksdale
Looking for the best places to stay in Clarksdale, Mississippi? Considering a visit to the Mississippi Delta? Stay in Clarksdale, the heart of it all! With a population just over 17,000, the cradle of the blues boasts live music 365 days a year. We have many spots to grab a bite to eat where one can break bread with some of the nicest, friendliest, and yes, most interesting characters … [Read More...]
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