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Jimmy Buffett / More Monday Music / Music

#116 – Take Another Road

What does it mean to take another road? How many roads are there that can be taken? Limitless, probably. No end to the roads we can take, or the alterations we can make in our lives. It is up to us what road or how we choose, although at times life seems to divert or detour us in a way that we did not see or cannot possibly understand. I guess life makes a “course correction” for us in these cases, and we are left to have faith that it’s part of a great plan on our life’s map. But for the most part, it’s our choice to step forward, choosing the roads before us, such as staying on the same path or offering us a way to Take Another Road.

Jimmy Buffett / Music

#66 – That’s What Living Is To Me

Jimmy took inspiration from a broad list of things. Images, sayings, quotes, stories in books, and poetry. He even took inspiration from random slips of the tongue at dinner tables, which we see with very recent songs as well as touching back as far as Margaritaville. For this songs’ inspiration, Jimmy’s muse was Mark Twain, the pen name for American author Samuel Clemens, who, with a couple scratches of his pen, wrote a line that inspired Jimmy enough to write this lovely, lyrical song that touches on some of Jimmy’s philosophy in life along with the sharp yet humorous lyrical quality he became known for.

Jimmy Buffett / Music

#50 – Far Side Of The World

I think this song sums up not only Jimmy’s love of adventure, but also his appreciation for travel, culture, people and places far from where he grew up. The song tells us about some of his travels and uses his wonderful storytelling skills in the lyrics to paint a gorgeous picture.

Jimmy Buffett / Music

Day #42 – Barometer Soup

Something I failed to mention in my initial post was to discuss what a barometer is. A barometer is a device used to measure atmospheric pressure and is helpful when determining weather forecasts. My grandparents had a barometer hanging on the wall of their farmhouse, and it might still be there, alongside an old mercury thermometer, still determining conditions. And I grew up on a farm, listening to more weather reports than a human could possibly ever need to know, so the idea of a barometer or barometric pressure feels like my old friend. I have yet to put one in a pot of soup, though…