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The View From The Balcony: “The Worst Christmas Ever”

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The View From The Balcony: “The Worst Christmas Ever”

Randy Weeks December 11, 2025 1

It was a cold and windy night, but what did I care? As is my custom I...

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The View From The Balcony: “A Teacher for the Ages”

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The View From The Balcony: “A Teacher for the Ages”

Randy Weeks November 13, 2025 0

Teachers matter. I had the good fortune of having the most demanding teacher one could imagine for...

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The View From The Balcony: “Poems from the Pen of the Sundown Cowboy, Poet Lariat of The Balcony”

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The View From The Balcony: “Poems from the Pen of the Sundown Cowboy, Poet Lariat of The Balcony”

Randy Weeks November 5, 2025 0

Today I felt emptiness.It was nothing new.Hope called out to mewith her quiet seductionand I leapt to...

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The View From The Balcony: “Down Home Jesus Answers Your Questions”

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The View From The Balcony: “Down Home Jesus Answers Your Questions”

Randy Weeks October 22, 2025 0

If Jesus were alive today and a Southerner to boot, this might be how he would answer...

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The View From The Balcony: “Shakespeare Speaks”

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The View From The Balcony: “Shakespeare Speaks”

Randy Weeks October 2, 2025 0

William Shakespeare, The Bard, was in town for the Ole Miss-LSU game. He sauntered up the stairs...

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

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

Randy Weeks September 18, 2025 0

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

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

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

Randy Weeks September 4, 2025 0

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

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

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

Randy Weeks August 21, 2025 0

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

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

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

Randy Weeks August 7, 2025 0

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

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The View From The Balcony: “Jesus & Peter”

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The View From The Balcony: “Jesus & Peter”

Randy Weeks July 10, 2025 0

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

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The View From The Balcony: “Ruminations”

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The View From The Balcony: “Ruminations”

Randy Weeks June 12, 2025 0

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

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

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

Randy Weeks May 20, 2025 0

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

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

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

Randy Weeks May 1, 2025 0

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

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The View From The Balcony: “Words, Werds, & Wurds”

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The View From The Balcony: “Words, Werds, & Wurds”

Randy Weeks April 17, 2025 0

I love word play in all its different forms. It’s fascinating that the slightest alteration in spelling...

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The View From The Balcony: “Conversationus Interruptus”

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The View From The Balcony: “Conversationus Interruptus”

Randy Weeks April 3, 2025 0

Tune in to a television news show, especially on Sunday, and you’ll encounter it. It happens on...

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The View From The Balcony: “Attacked by a Plastic Bag”

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The View From The Balcony: “Attacked by a Plastic Bag”

Randy Weeks March 20, 2025 0

I love the wind. As a child I reveled in being in the wind, especially when there...

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

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

Randy Weeks February 27, 2025 0

Okay, y’all. It’s time for another installment of “Notes in My Phone,” my chronicles of interesting things...

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The View From The Balcony: “Speaking Truth to Power”

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The View From The Balcony: “Speaking Truth to Power”

Randy Weeks February 18, 2025 0

In the Old Testament of the Bible there were more than a few people who were considered...

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The View From The Balcony: “Jimmy Carter – A Life Well Lived”

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The View From The Balcony: “Jimmy Carter – A Life Well Lived”

Randy Weeks January 16, 2025 0

It’s 4 pm on Sunday, December 29, 2024. I just learned of the death of former President...

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The View From The Balcony: “Interview with Rudolph”

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The View From The Balcony: “Interview with Rudolph”

Randy Weeks December 5, 2024 0

Last week I had the unique opportunity to have an interview with one of the most elusive...

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