The View from the Balcony: An Open Letter to Governor Jonathan Tate Reeves
January 22nd, 2020 | by Randy Weeks
Dear Governor Reeves: Congratulations on being elected as Mississippi’s next Governor. In full disclosure, I did not vote for you.
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The View from The Balcony: A New Year’s Revolution
January 8th, 2020 | by Randy Weeks
It was around 5 pm on Sunday, January 5, 2020, the twelfth day of Christmas. The sun had nearly set
The View from the Balcony: It’s Not the Day, It’s the Way
December 18th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
The night of the Tacky Townie party at Proud Larry’s, the upstairs bar at City Grocery was having a private
The View from the Balcony: Flim Flam Don’t Get Scammed
December 12th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
On Monday, November 18 at 6:20 a.m., my phone rang. There was nothing all that unusual about an early morning
View from the Balcony: “The Mass Proliferation of Holidays”
November 14th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
The holidays are upon us and they are legion. We know about the biggies, but there are many lesser-known holidays—some
The View from the Balcony: Bigotry: The Shame and the Stain that Remain
November 4th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, a black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat
View from the Balcony: “Halloween: Don’t Mess Up When You Dress Up” by Randy Weeks
October 17th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
When this edition of The Local Voice hits the streets you’ll still have two weeks to decide on a costume
The View from the Balcony: Tête-à-tête with a Whistleblower
October 8th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
Whistleblower: a person who exposes secretive information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct… The information of alleged
The View from the Balcony: Sweltering, Sizzling September
September 25th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
Why in the world would we expect September to be more temperate than August? Maybe since Labor Day passes early
The View from the Balcony: Re-evaluating Beliefs
September 10th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
A few days ago, someone called me out on something. It upset me so much that when I woke up
The View from the Balcony: Red and Blue Velvet
August 14th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
Like it or not, they’re coming back. It won’t be long until we hear the tromp-tromp of student feet all
The View from the Balcony: What’s Love Got to Do with It?
July 30th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
There are some strange things going on in this election of the next President of these semi-united states. Strange indeed.
The View from the Balcony: Advice vs. Badvice, The Therapist Is In
July 24th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
Sitting on The Balcony as I do, people talk to me. They tell me things, personal things, private things. I
The View from the Balcony: Deep Thoughts by Randy (Not Jack Handy)
July 3rd, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
I grew up as an only child with two older sisters and one older brother. I spent a lot of
The View from the Balcony: Perspective
June 12th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
Saturday night, June 1, 2019, @ 8:00 p.m. I wasn’t feeling all that spry. Sinus infection. So I went home
The View from the Balcony: From the Pen of the Sundown Cowboy, Self-Proclaimed Poet Lariat of The Balcony…
June 5th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
Sorry Don’t be sorry for being who you are.Don’t be sorry. We all have our own kinds of scars.Don’t be
The View from the Balcony: Mother’s Day Miracle
May 22nd, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
About a month ago a robin made her nest in an inside corner of the eve of the portico outside
The View from the Balcony: Double Decker by the Numbers
May 20th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
by Randy Weeks From where I sat The Double Decker Arts Festival was a smashing success. The weather was darn
The View from the Balcony: Russian Interference
April 10th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
“In the Spring a US citizen’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of . . . taxes.” (Alfred Lord Taxemsome) The
The View from the Balcony: Mississippi Bubbles
March 27th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
I’m back in SoCal, and I’ve been reading a few news stories about us (Mississippians). I have to say, if
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