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The View From The Balcony: “Grief in the Season of Hope and Joy”

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The View From The Balcony: “Grief in the Season of Hope and Joy”

Randy Weeks November 30, 2022 0

This year the holiday season will be different from any before for many, including the four families...

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The View From The Balcony: “The Parting of the Mississippi”

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The View From The Balcony: “The Parting of the Mississippi”

Randy Weeks November 23, 2022 0

Like Moses parting the Red Sea so the Israelites could flee from Egypt on dry land, the...

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

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

Randy Weeks November 3, 2022 0

Random things I’ve heard or read—mostly on The Balcony.Most of the names have been changed to protect...

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The View From The Balcony: “Interview with a Pumpkinhead”

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The View From The Balcony: “Interview with a Pumpkinhead”

Randy Weeks October 19, 2022 0

Sometimes the story comes to you. I was out late the first of October. Fall was in...

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The View From The Balcony: “Guilty or Not Guilty?”

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The View From The Balcony: “Guilty or Not Guilty?”

Randy Weeks October 12, 2022 0

My car was on the fritz a few weeks ago and I couldn’t find a rental, so...

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The View From The Balcony: “In the End, These Things Matter”

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The View From The Balcony: “In the End, These Things Matter”

Randy Weeks September 22, 2022 0

Both my parents were born into large families (8–13 children) during the Great Depression. They were small-time...

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View from The Balcony: “To Be or Not to Be?”

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View from The Balcony: “To Be or Not to Be?”

Randy Weeks September 8, 2022 0

I have a request of you before you read this column. Ask yourself the question “Who am...

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The View From The Balcony: “Invasion of the Asian Giant Hornets, aka Murder Hornets”

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The View From The Balcony: “Invasion of the Asian Giant Hornets, aka Murder Hornets”

Randy Weeks August 24, 2022 0

Recently I found myself alone on The Balcony fairly late at night. I decided to take advantage...

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The View from the Balcony: “Dress Coded on The Balcony”

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The View from the Balcony: “Dress Coded on The Balcony”

Randy Weeks August 10, 2022 0

Last Thursday I walked up to the upstairs bar at City Grocery, as is my custom. Before...

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

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

Randy Weeks July 27, 2022 0

(Self-proclaimed Poet Lariat of The Balcony) I Needed to See You I needed to see you,but you...

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The View From The Balcony: “Mississippi Goes to Massachusetts: The Importance of Place”

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The View From The Balcony: “Mississippi Goes to Massachusetts: The Importance of Place”

Randy Weeks July 14, 2022 0

The following is an account of three Mississippi young women in Boston for a wedding, conversing stall-to-stall...

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

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

Randy Weeks July 7, 2022 0

The fifth installment of stuff I store in my phone It’s a mood ring situation. Horribly mediocre....

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The View From The Balcony: The Soul of City Grocery

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The View From The Balcony: The Soul of City Grocery

Randy Weeks June 15, 2022 0

What does it take for an independent, stand-alone restaurant the caliber of City Grocery to last and...

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The View From The Balcony: “Living Backwards”

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The View From The Balcony: “Living Backwards”

Randy Weeks June 8, 2022 0

If you had been healthy and were to live to be ninety, what would you like to...

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The View From The Balcony: Roe v. Wade: To Strike Down or Not to Strike Down?

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The View From The Balcony: Roe v. Wade: To Strike Down or Not to Strike Down?

Randy Weeks May 19, 2022 0

We will soon know the final ruling from the Supreme Court on Mississippi’s ban on abortion and...

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The View From The Balcony: “Zelenskyy & Putin On The Balcony”

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The View From The Balcony: “Zelenskyy & Putin On The Balcony”

Randy Weeks May 12, 2022 0

It was a dark and stormy night when three men met on The Balcony after closing time,...

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The View From The Balcony: “Dolly and Me”

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The View From The Balcony: “Dolly and Me”

Randy Weeks April 20, 2022 0

For those who’ve been living under a rock, Dolly Parton, The Patron Saint of the Smoky Mountains,...

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The View From The Balcony: “FEAR”

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The View From The Balcony: “FEAR”

Randy Weeks April 7, 2022 0

Grammy® winner Maren Morris, whose blend of country, pop, R&B, and rock music has taken her to...

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The View From The Balcony: “Without a Song”

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The View From The Balcony: “Without a Song”

Randy Weeks March 9, 2022 0

(There are at least 106 song titles or lyric snippets in this article. See how many you...

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The View From The Balcony: “A Very Leonard (Cohen) Dream”

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The View From The Balcony: “A Very Leonard (Cohen) Dream”

Randy Weeks February 23, 2022 1

(February 19, 2022) Last night, or perhaps it was in the wee hours of this morning, I...

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