It’s been too long since I’ve written about my family on The Balcony. They told me so...
Randy Weeks
Randy Weeks is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Shamanic Life Coach, an Ordained Minister, a Singer-Songwriter, and an Actor, who lives in Oxford, Mississippi. He may be reached at randallsweeks@gmail.com.
Once upon a time there was a country called Footlandia that was inhabited by four-toed and five-toed...
I had a unique opportunity last week to set up a meeting between Dr. Anthony Fauci and...
In the comic strip, Kudzu, the late Doug Marlette’s preacher character, Rev. Will B. Dunn, was asked...
(from the pen of the Sundown Cowboy, self-proclaimed Poet Lariat of The Balcony) I felt you on...
Wednesday night I found myself restless—unable to sleep—my head swirling with thoughts about all that was going...
Jesus loves the little children,All the children of the world,White, and white, and white, and white,They are...
Achilles was the son of Peleus, king of Phthia, and Thetis, a sea nymph. When Achilles was...
by Randy Weeks By the time you read this we’ll have had a few days to venture...
I am blessed. I know it in my head; I know it in my heart. I don’t...
I’m writing this on Easter Sunday, April 12. We’re still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic....
I drove around Oxford a bit last weekend. The weather was amazing and I have a convertible...
By the time this issue of The Local Voice hits the streets, no one may have a...
My good friend, Leon, a very inciteful man, doesn’t exactly cotton to holidays. When Leon was a...
We have met the enemy and he is us. –Pogo A certain preacher always prays long and...
Dear Governor Reeves: Congratulations on being elected as Mississippi’s next Governor. In full disclosure, I did not...
It was around 5 pm on Sunday, January 5, 2020, the twelfth day of Christmas. The sun...
The night of the Tacky Townie party at Proud Larry’s, the upstairs bar at City Grocery was...
On Monday, November 18 at 6:20 a.m., my phone rang. There was nothing all that unusual about...
The holidays are upon us and they are legion. We know about the biggies, but there are...