How Should We Then Live? Episode 4 – The Lollards – VIDEO
How Should We Then Live? — Episode 4 - The Lollards. (The following text is transcribed from three spontaneous videos.) I have been doing a deep dive for a couple months into the Reformation, the Renaissance, and all the kings of England, and the church. I really have wanted to do a “How Should We Then Live” episode on the Lollards. I did one and it was just so dry even Madge looked at me and said, “Honey, I love you but I just think you are going to lose everybody.” Well, it lost me too. It was so esoteric I wasn't even sure I understood it! So, we are going to try to simplify things. Also, I need to take a break. … [Read More...]
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Ruminating on the Passing of a Friend
(V I D E O I N P O S T) Life and the loss of it are a given; yet, for the living, the passing of a friend is a painful part of living. Often, I spontaneously reflect on life and death in the Mississippi Delta! As an addict, an alcoholic and a fairly orthodox adherent to a Judeo-Christian worldview, my lens is, of course, colored by those knowns! Life is a short ride, and I am thankful for … [Read More...]
A Deeper Delta Look-See and Happy 2022
A deeper Delta look-see with Chilly Billy and Happy 2022! (V I D E O I N P O S T) Some days and years feel like my cigar, “Días de Gloria” (Glory Days), and some days and years don’t! Death and heartbreak for loved ones and friends seems more poignant and visceral during balmy holidays, but the Hope of Glory Days Eternal is my one great hope! … [Read More...]
Mississippi Club Shows Love to Many
Mississippi Club is Rosalin Moss Mississippi Club shows love to many in Mississippi using its website and through social media by tirelessly sharing Mississippi good news. The creator of Mississippi Club, Rosalin Moss, wanted to get in touch with old classmates and relatives back in 2004. One day she up and decided to take a Mississippi road trip back to her place of birth. She was hooked … [Read More...]
If the World Goes Dark Tomorrow
If the World Goes Dark Tomorrow — By Malachi Montroy, para mis hijos, my children The world, our world, this world is presently as complex and unknown—to be so well known—as at any time in the recorded history of mankind. … [Read More...]
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...]
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