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Mornings with Tolstoy – Day Four: Pilgrims

Sunset in the Mississippi Delta. ©2014 Photo by DELTA BOHEMIAN® By WILLIAM PRENTISS I had already begun contemplating death prior to my present state. When younger, healthy and virtually free of...
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Mornings with Tolstoy – The Beginning

Sun obscured by Clouds Photo by Billy Howell By WILLIAM PRENTISS Clarksdale, Mississippi He is God. Why didn’t He protect me? I blamed Him. It wasn’t His fault. Life ain’t...
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Being Present

A storm rolling in over a soybean field in the Mississippi Delta. Photo ©2014 Delta Bohemian® By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour...
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Thanksgiving! And, to Whom?

Delta Bohemian Poor William Billy Howell thankful and hongri. By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) “Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to...
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Nuthin’ and Everything

Poor William Billy Howell in the field and at the lake – by Delta Bohemian By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Nuthin’ can be something, and nuthin’ can be everything, if...
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Between Two Thieves

Pontificus Minimus Opines “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”  —  Matthew 6:34 Photograph by The Delta...
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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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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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