“Right up to the last minute,” wrote Paul McCartney about musician Jimmy Buffett, who died on September 1st, “his eyes still twinkled with a humour that said, ‘I love this world and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it’.”
In her poem Peonies, poet Mary Oliver asks the question, “Do you love this world?” Jimmy Buffet’s smile while playing music was a steady reminder what we discover on the other side of answering “yes” to that question is beauty, creativity and joy.
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