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The View from the Balcony: “Leon Succombs”

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The View from the Balcony: “Leon Succombs”

Randy Weeks February 26, 2020 0

My good friend, Leon, a very inciteful man, doesn’t exactly cotton to holidays. When Leon was a...

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The View from The Balcony: “The Curve Balls of Life” by Randy Weeks

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The View from The Balcony: “The Curve Balls of Life” by Randy Weeks

Randy Weeks February 5, 2020 0

We have met the enemy and he is us. –Pogo A certain preacher always prays long and...

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The View from the Balcony: An Open Letter to Governor Jonathan Tate Reeves

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The View from the Balcony: An Open Letter to Governor Jonathan Tate Reeves

Randy Weeks January 22, 2020 0

Dear Governor Reeves: Congratulations on being elected as Mississippi’s next Governor. In full disclosure, I did not...

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The View from The Balcony: A New Year’s Revolution

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The View from The Balcony: A New Year’s Revolution

Randy Weeks January 8, 2020 0

It was around 5 pm on Sunday, January 5, 2020, the twelfth day of Christmas. The sun...

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The View from the Balcony: It’s Not the Day, It’s the Way

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The View from the Balcony: It’s Not the Day, It’s the Way

Randy Weeks December 18, 2019 0

The night of the Tacky Townie party at Proud Larry’s, the upstairs bar at City Grocery was...

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The View from the Balcony: Flim Flam Don’t Get Scammed

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The View from the Balcony: Flim Flam Don’t Get Scammed

Randy Weeks December 12, 2019 0

On Monday, November 18 at 6:20 a.m., my phone rang. There was nothing all that unusual about...

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View from the Balcony: “The Mass Proliferation of Holidays”

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View from the Balcony: “The Mass Proliferation of Holidays”

Randy Weeks November 14, 2019 0

The holidays are upon us and they are legion. We know about the biggies, but there are...

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The View from the Balcony: Bigotry: The Shame and the Stain that Remain

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The View from the Balcony: Bigotry: The Shame and the Stain that Remain

Randy Weeks November 4, 2019 0

On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, a black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up...

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View from the Balcony: “Halloween: Don’t Mess Up When You Dress Up” by Randy Weeks

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View from the Balcony: “Halloween: Don’t Mess Up When You Dress Up” by Randy Weeks

Randy Weeks October 17, 2019 0

When this edition of The Local Voice hits the streets you’ll still have two weeks to decide...

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The View from the Balcony: Tête-à-tête with a Whistleblower

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The View from the Balcony: Tête-à-tête with a Whistleblower

Randy Weeks October 8, 2019 0

Whistleblower: a person who exposes secretive information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct… The...

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The View from the Balcony: Sweltering, Sizzling September

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The View from the Balcony: Sweltering, Sizzling September

Randy Weeks September 25, 2019 0

Why in the world would we expect September to be more temperate than August? Maybe since Labor...

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The View from the Balcony: Re-evaluating Beliefs

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The View from the Balcony: Re-evaluating Beliefs

Randy Weeks September 10, 2019 0

A few days ago, someone called me out on something. It upset me so much that when...

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The View from the Balcony: Red and Blue Velvet

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The View from the Balcony: Red and Blue Velvet

Randy Weeks August 14, 2019 0

Like it or not, they’re coming back. It won’t be long until we hear the tromp-tromp of...

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The View from the Balcony: What’s Love Got to Do with It?

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The View from the Balcony: What’s Love Got to Do with It?

Randy Weeks July 30, 2019 0

There are some strange things going on in this election of the next President of these semi-united...

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The View from the Balcony: Advice vs. Badvice, The Therapist Is In

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The View from the Balcony: Advice vs. Badvice, The Therapist Is In

Randy Weeks July 24, 2019 0

Sitting on The Balcony as I do, people talk to me. They tell me things, personal things,...

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The View from the Balcony: Deep Thoughts by Randy (Not Jack Handy)

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The View from the Balcony: Deep Thoughts by Randy (Not Jack Handy)

Randy Weeks July 3, 2019 0

I grew up as an only child with two older sisters and one older brother. I spent...

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The View from the Balcony: Perspective

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The View from the Balcony: Perspective

Randy Weeks June 12, 2019 0

Saturday night, June 1, 2019, @ 8:00 p.m. I wasn’t feeling all that spry. Sinus infection. So...

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The View from the Balcony: From the Pen of the Sundown Cowboy, Self-Proclaimed Poet Lariat of The Balcony…

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The View from the Balcony: From the Pen of the Sundown Cowboy, Self-Proclaimed Poet Lariat of The Balcony…

Randy Weeks June 5, 2019 0

Sorry Don’t be sorry for being who you are.Don’t be sorry. We all have our own kinds...

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The View from the Balcony: Mother’s Day Miracle

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The View from the Balcony: Mother’s Day Miracle

Randy Weeks May 22, 2019 0

About a month ago a robin made her nest in an inside corner of the eve of...

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The View from the Balcony: Double Decker by the Numbers

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The View from the Balcony: Double Decker by the Numbers

Randy Weeks May 20, 2019 0

by Randy Weeks From where I sat The Double Decker Arts Festival was a smashing success. The...

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