This week’s Throwback Thursday is Jimmy Buffett covering Crosby Stills and Nash’s “Southern Cross”. This song is the essence of island time and we here at 16 Clefs are currently on island time (vacation) but working hard for you that follow us as well. We hope this song will take you away from wherever you are mentally and give you a moment of refrain from … Continue reading THROWBACK THURSDAY: “Southern Cross”
There’s always something we’re trying to reason with: family, friends, lovers, kids, pets, coworkers, etc. Those are all the outward things we try to reason with. What about the inward things. Thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc. What about that battle one faces every day with the image staring back at them in the mirror. How do you reason with yourself? Lately, I’ve been in a mood. … Continue reading Trying to Reason with the Hurricane Season
Legendary singer/songwriter Jesse Winchester passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2014 after battling cancer of the esophagus since 2011. Many way not know Jesse’s name but you have heard artists perform his song. I know of Jesse through being a Jimmy Buffett fan. Jimmy has been singing Jesse’s song throughout his career and in honor of Mr Winchester’s passing, we’d like to pay tribute to … Continue reading TRIBUTE: Jesse Winchester
Today’s 4:20 Break is from the iconic Jimmy Buffett. Master of all things chill, island, and fun. So sit back, grab a cheeseburger and enjoy. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBsPZV14I-k]) Continue reading 4:20 BREAK: “Cheeseburger in Paradise”
My beautiful friend and sistah from another mister, Adrienne sent me this tweet yesterday and she had no idea how much that one tweet made my day. I started #LifeLessonsFromJimmyBuffett on Twitter in August because his music means a lot to me and I thought it would be fun to wax poetic with the lyrics of his songs. Besides, there are a lot of life … Continue reading Life Lesson From Jimmy Buffett: That’s How I Came to Know Another Good Friend
If you read the Songs of My Life posts regularly, you are more than aware that: A) I listen to a lot of music B) Usually have my iPod on shuffle C) Believe that the songs that catch my ear, my heart, my emotion, my spirit, are ones I am suppose to sit down and pay attention to. As I reflect on the songs on … Continue reading Songs Of My Life: July 2013
April showers bring May flowers…that’s how the saying goes anyway so we shall see. So here are the songs of my life for April. I shuffled, I asked, and here is what I received. What A Wonderful World by Gareth Asher Gareth does a wonderful, wonderful cover of this song. It was a perfect start to April as I sat on my bed with Nick da … Continue reading Songs of My Life: April 2013
Technically, the first 4 songs should have been in February, but I spent the last week of February on a giant boat with some of the best people I know…listening to music, falling in love with new music, and enjoying new music and that carried the first 4 songs into March, when I stepped back into reality. Reality can suck that’s for sure, but the … Continue reading Songs of My Life: March 2013
Gravity Storm by Jimmy Buffett The music of Jimmy Buffett never fails to give me an answer when I have a question for life. And the lyrics in this song answered my questions of how do I know what is right for me and what am I suppose to do next. “All your life you have to deal with ups and downs. So listen to … Continue reading Songs of My Life: December 2012
August was a month of living and having reminders on how to live my life. It was a blessed month and I am grateful it came to me in such a spiritual and receiving way. Where We Belong by Lostprophets I just love the lyrics: “I’ll make it through each day singing death or glory. Lord won’t answer me, I won’t let it bring me … Continue reading Songs of My Life: August 2012