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Dana Criswell: “Could Bitcoin go to zero?” Bitcoin-NoCashValue

Dana Criswell: “Could Bitcoin go to zero?”

Dana Criswell September 29, 2025

In the strict, academic sense—sure. Any asset that trades in a free market can be bid down...

Lafayette County Master Gardeners: “Spider lily” Close - up Red spider lily in autumn

Lafayette County Master Gardeners: “Spider lily”

Bronwynne Bailey September 24, 2025

by Bronwynne Bailey The red spider lily is coming. Each September something almost magical happens across the...

Dana Criswell: “How Bitcoin Started” bitcoin

Dana Criswell: “How Bitcoin Started”

Dana Criswell September 22, 2025

Bitcoin didn’t fall from the sky. It was built, piece by piece, by people who were tired...

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “J. G. Hurdle & Son store, Taylor, Mississippi, 1950s” Taylor, Mississippi, J. G. Hurdle & Son store, ca. 1950s, now housing Taylor Grocery & Restaurant.

Taylor, Mississippi, J. G. Hurdle & Son store, ca. 1950s, now housing Taylor Grocery & Restaurant.

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “J. G. Hurdle & Son store, Taylor, Mississippi, 1950s”

John Cofield September 22, 2025

Shirley Hollowell posted: Taylor, Mississippi, J. G. Hurdle and Son store, ca. 1950s, now housing Taylor Grocery and...

The View From The Balcony: “Conversation with a Highlight” ViewFromTheBalcony-2

The View From The Balcony: “Conversation with a Highlight”

Randy Weeks September 18, 2025

I was relaxing while smoking my pipe and sipping on a greyhound when I spied a figure...

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “Duvall’s Store, early 1900s” Duvall's Store on The Square, Oxford, Mississippi, early 1900s.

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “Duvall’s Store, early 1900s”

John Cofield September 16, 2025

Duvall’s Store on The Square, Oxford, Mississippi, early 1900s.

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “Lafayette County Salesman Route, 1961” Tommy Bounds worked a county salesman route with household goods. The kids are priceless, one shy, one outgoing. Photograph © Martin J. Dain Collection, 1961

Tommy Bounds worked a county salesman route with household goods. The kids are priceless, one shy, one outgoing. Photograph © Martin J. Dain Collection, 1961

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “Lafayette County Salesman Route, 1961”

John Cofield September 10, 2025

Tommy Bounds worked a county salesman route with household goods. The kids are priceless, one shy, one...

The View From The Balcony: “When You Pray, Move Your Feet – Minneapolis in Mourning” ViewFromTheBalcony-2

The View From The Balcony: “When You Pray, Move Your Feet – Minneapolis in Mourning”

Randy Weeks September 4, 2025

The news broke on Wednesday morning, August 27, 2025. Early into the first mass of the new...

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “1979 shot of the north side of The Square” Allen Blumberg's 1979 shot of the Oxford, Mississippi Square.

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “1979 shot of the north side of The Square”

John Cofield September 1, 2025

A Facebook message sometimes just disappears. I just got one from someone wanting to know about this...

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “When Kroger was on South Lamar”

When Kroger was on South Lamar. Photograph from the Billy Ross Brown Collection

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “When Kroger was on South Lamar”

John Cofield August 27, 2025

When Kroger was on South Lamar. I believe this is the old Soulshine Pizza building. What is...

The View From The Balcony: “Notes in My Phone XI” ViewFromTheBalcony-2

The View From The Balcony: “Notes in My Phone XI”

Randy Weeks August 21, 2025

Notes in My Phone is just what it says. When I hear or read something that piques...

The View From The Balcony: Fifteen Commandments for Ole Miss Students ViewFromTheBalcony-2

The View From The Balcony: Fifteen Commandments for Ole Miss Students

Randy Weeks August 7, 2025

They’rrrre baaak! Yes, my fellow Oxfordians, the students of the University of Mississippi have once again returned...

Lafayette County Master Gardeners: August Garden Calendar limelight hydrangea

Lafayette County Master Gardeners: August Garden Calendar

Bronwynne Bailey August 4, 2025

August Landscape Checklist Planning Planting Fertilizing Pruning Watering Miscellaneous Blooming Fruiting You can find more garden related...

The View From The Balcony: “Jesus & Peter” ViewFromTheBalcony-2

The View From The Balcony: “Jesus & Peter”

Randy Weeks July 10, 2025

(The following is an excerpt from my unpublished novel, Middle-Aged Messiah, in which Jesus convinces __od to...

The View From The Balcony: “Ruminations” What you seek is seeking you, a quote from Rumi, an ancient Persian poet, positivity and law of attraction concept.

What you seek is seeking you, a quote from Rumi, an ancient Persian poet, positivity and law of attraction concept.

The View From The Balcony: “Ruminations”

Randy Weeks June 12, 2025

Anyone who regularly reads my column knows that I’m a huge fan of the works of the...

The View From The Balcony: “You’re My Soul and My Heart’s Inspiration, Part Two” ViewFromTheBalcony-2

The View From The Balcony: “You’re My Soul and My Heart’s Inspiration, Part Two”

Randy Weeks May 20, 2025

With all humility this column is part two of a two-part series about people and things that...

The View From The Balcony: You’re My Soul and My Heart’s Inspiration, Part One ViewFromTheBalcony-2

The View From The Balcony: You’re My Soul and My Heart’s Inspiration, Part One

Randy Weeks May 1, 2025

With all humility this column is part one of a two-part series about people and things that...

John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “North Lamar 100 Years Ago” Before 1928 when Oxford began paving The Square and main arteries, North Lamar was a muddy mess.