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The View Beyond The Balcony: “Conversation with a Grove Tree”

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “Conversation with a Grove Tree”

Randy Weeks September 9, 2026 0

Last week I decided to take a stroll through The Grove. I found refuge from the heat...

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “Saving Time”

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “Saving Time”

Randy Weeks August 20, 2026 0

Dateline: August 2026 Congress is moving toward making Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent. At this writing, the...

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “Notes in My Phone XIII”

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “Notes in My Phone XIII”

Randy Weeks July 29, 2026 0

For those of you who haven’t followed this series over the past eight years (shame on you!),...

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “I See America”

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “I See America”

Randy Weeks June 25, 2026 0

Every Independence Day I post a music video of the song “I See America”* by Ken Medema...

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “2026: An Inner Space Odyssey”

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “2026: An Inner Space Odyssey”

Randy Weeks May 28, 2026 0

In 1968 a fantasy/science fiction film and a book about the evolution of human consciousness were released....

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “A Conversation at Double Decker with Joe Biden”

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “A Conversation at Double Decker with Joe Biden”

Randy Weeks April 30, 2026 0

Part One During Double Decker last Saturday, I was wandering from booth to booth when an old...

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “To the Moon and Back”

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “To the Moon and Back”

Randy Weeks April 23, 2026 0

I remember how as a young boy I used to lie in the St. Augustine grass in...

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “The Talking Stick Method”

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “The Talking Stick Method”

Randy Weeks April 2, 2026 0

I have a dream. It is a dream that is unlikely to come about, but isn’t that...

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “’Conversation’ with a Pop-up”

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “’Conversation’ with a Pop-up”

Randy Weeks March 19, 2026 0

I was sitting on a bench on the Courthouse lawn, quietly working on a Local Voice crossword...

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “What Could We Do With $8M?”

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “What Could We Do With $8M?”

Randy Weeks March 5, 2026 1

On Saturday, June 13, 2026, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are to be married. Reports are that...

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “Ice Storm Fern in Your Own Words”

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The View Beyond The Balcony: “Ice Storm Fern in Your Own Words”

Randy Weeks February 19, 2026 0

We are expanding the field of vision of this column beyond The Balcony for the time being....

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

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

Randy Weeks February 18, 2026 0

As we’ve entered the new year, triumphed over great gridiron victories, and made it through ICEageddon, it...

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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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