Walking. Encino Medical Atts Center. Pacing. The Apartment.
World Teachers’ Day.
The Teacher – Paul Simon
Back To School Again – Tommy Sands
Teacher, Teacher – 38 Special –
The Students of Quinlan – James Horner, Sweet Honey In the Rock-
Better Git Yer Learnin’ – Our Native Daughters
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
Teach Your Children – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Live And Learn – Clannad
To Sir With Love – Lulu
Stand by Me – The Blind Boys of Alabama
With These Hands – Vitamin L
Touch the Future – Jim Rule
Master Teacher – Erykah Badu
We Don’t Need Another Hero – Tina Turner
Teacher – Oh Eun Joo
Oh Teacher – Diana Ross
Thank You Teacher – Omar & Hana
Teacher’s Blues – Pete Seeger
5 October 2026
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4 October 2026
Walking. Inez Neighborhood. Coronado Center. Pacing. The Apartment.
St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day.
Lite a Flame (The Animal Rights Song) – Laura Nyro
Cheetah – Pinkfong
Two Tigers (Liang Zhi Lao Hu) – The Shanghai Restoration Project
Crabby Crab – Jules!
Tiger, Tiger, Orange and Black – Kids Now
The Sloth – Flanders & Swann
Toucan – Cadenza
Flamingo -Kero Kero Bonito
Tiger Rag – Pete Fountain
Lezonkomo (Praise the Cows & Bulls) – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Baby Elephant Walk – Quincy Jones
Le Carnaval des Animaux: Le Cygne – C Austin Miles, William Leonard George & Dino Kartsonakis
Five Little Monkeys – Sharon, Lois & Bram
To the Last Whale – Crosby & Nash
Five Little Ducks – Gracie’s Corner
The Four Legged Ones – Joanne Shenandoah
Giraffe – Boots and Cats
Sea Turtle – Hermanito
Carnival of the Animals: VI. Kangaroos – Isata Kanneh-Mason & Konya Kanneh-Mason
Fly Like An Eagle – The Neville Brothers
Faces the Blizzard (Buffalo Honor Song) – Jack Gladstone
Baby Beluga – Raffi
Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Warthog Rhapsody- Nathan Lane & Ernie Sabella
Kangaroo – Remi Wolf
Kangaroo – The Big Wu
Carnival of the Animals: I. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion – Isata Kanneh-Mason, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Ayla Sahin, Timothy Ridout, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Toby Hughes
Red-Tailed Hawks – R. Carlos Nakai
All God’s Critters – John McCutcheon
Prayer of St. Francis – Sarah McLachlan
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3 October 2026
Walking. La Cueva neighborhood. Pacing. The Apartment.
Clemente (Estrella 21) – Edel Borrero
Canto Libre – Victor Jara
One Time One Night – Los Lobos
Whistle Down The Wind – Joan Baez
Here We Are – Gloria Estefan 3
Dama Antañona – Simón Díaz
Chiriwayra (Viento Frio) – Agua Clara
Goin’ In – Jennifer Lopez, feat. Flo Rida
La Preguntóna – John Williams, Paco Peña & Inti Illimani
Take Saravá – Silvia Torres
Efecto – Bad Bunny
Paula C – Rubén Blades
A La Orilla De Un Palmar – The Chieftains With Linda Ronstadt
Luna Grande – Los Vikingos Del Norte
El Farol – Santana
Transformación – Gaby Castelli
Un Gigante Que Despierta – Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy
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2 October 2026
Pacing. The Apartment. Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood.
Imagine – Avril Lavigne
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Undersatanding – Keb’ Mo’
Give Peace A Chance – Aerosmith Feat. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars
Down By the Riverside – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Peace Train/Isitimela Sokuthula- Dolly Parton, feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ahimsa – The Antlers
Nonviolence – Cha$e D’Amico
Pacifist’s Lament – Ani DiFranco
Turn! Turn! Turn! – Pete Seeger
Weary Mothers (People Union 1) – Joan Baez
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Simon & Garfunkel
Peter – David LaMotte
Where Have All The Flowers Gone – Dolores Keane, Tommy Sands & Vedran Smailovic
People Get Ready – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Peace And Power – Joanne Shenandoah
Peace Is the Way – Jim & Jean Strathdee
Protecting a toe injury, a lot of my current exercise involves pacing in The Apartment (as Lucy has dubbed the place where Tricia and I live.
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1 October 2026
Walking.
Soroco -Agua Clara
IMPORTED – Jessie Reyez
La Fonda – Victor Jara
Milagro – Santana
Prenda Del Alma – Los Lobos
Somos La Fuerza Latina – -Andy Montañez & Ismael Miranda
Carnival In Harlem – Tito Puente
Puedes Decir De Mi – Adrian Quesada & Gaby Moreno
Anquayo – Luis Cachiguango
!Salta! ¡Salta! – Zona Neón & Gaby Moreno
Huayno del Guallatiri – Inti-Illimani Teoría de Cuerdas South America 0 5
1,2,3 – Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine Greatest Hits Pop 0 3
El Baile Madrigal – Germaine Franco Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Musicals 0 6
Hielo Seco – Adrian Quesada, Money Mark & Marc Ribot Boleros Psicodélicos Alternative 0 4
Díagnostico – Celia Cruz Regalo del Alma Música tropical 0 5
Fotos y Recuerdos – Selena Amor Prohibido (Bonus Track Version) Pop Latino 0 3
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30 September 2026
3Orange Shirt Day – Every Child Matters began in Williams Lake, British Columbia, on September 30, 2013. Established to honor Residential School Survivors, their families, and those who never returned home, it serves as a powerful reminder of the lasting impacts of the Residential School system on First Nations peoples and all of Canada. It is called Orange Shirt Day to honor one girl whose treasured orange shirt, given to her by her grandmother, was taken away from her at residential school. The observance began as a grassroots initiative has. It has evolved into a nationally recognized movement in Canada, with individuals, organizations, and communities across the country participating in acts of remembrance, reflection, and reconciliation each year.
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS), along with other Native American individuals, groups, and allies will honor a National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools. In the United States the effort to crush the cultures of Indigenous Peoples included over 500 boarding schools, many run by churches that functioned in a similar manner to Canada’s Residential Schools. NABS provides information about the history of U.S. Indian Boarding Schools, healing projects for Indigenous persons, action suggestions and an online store with shirts and other products.
The peoples present in Australia when colonizers arrived endured a similar experience. Numerous government laws, policies and practices resulted in the forced removal of generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families and communities across Australia. They are referred to as The Stolen Generations.
Lost Souls – Tom Jackson Lost Souls
Residential School Song (Indian Boarding School Song) – Cheryl Bear
Child of the Government – Jayli Wolf
BEFORE – A Tribe Called Red, feat. Joseph Boyden
Apatapasiq – Mike Bern
Battlefields – Twin Flames
Savage Mob – Snotty Nose Rez Kids, feat. Nooky & Birdz
open window – nêhiyawak
Took the Children Away – Archie Roach, Australian Art Orchestra, Paul Grabowsky & Ruby Hunter (the Australian Indigenous experience)
Take Me Home – Indian City
Spirit Horses – Annie Humphrey
The Land of the Blind – Ira Provost
Why Us – N’we Jinan Artists
500 Years – Rhonda Head
Residential School – Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat
Cut My Hair – Digging Roots
Residential School – Chris Pierce
For Our Children – Bryan Akipa
Filed under Human Rights, Music, Antiracism, playlist, Albuquerque
29 September 2026
Pacing. The Apartment.
Larry’s Toss the Feathers / Ashplant – Aurora Celtic
Can’t Keep Me From You – Indigenous
Havana – Camila Cabello Havana (feat. Young Thug)
Oklahoma Hills – Arlo Guthrie
Don’t Bother Me – The Beatles Meet The Beatles!
Hope Dies Last – John McCutcheon
Many and Great – Jon Sarta
Dignity – El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe
I Don’t Feel No-Ways Tired – Marian Anderson (feat. Kosti Vehanen & Franz Rupp)
A Long And Sad Goodbye – Lenny Kravitz
Isla Waters – Silly Wizard The Best Of Silly Wizard
Children In Bloom – Counting Crows
Bright Path – Jack Gladstone
Coming Up – Paul McCartney
The Angels – Melissa Etheridge
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25 September 2026
The Hands That Built America – U2
LA MEMORIA – Jessie Reyez
While My Guitar Gently Weeps -The Beatles
The World Es Mi Familia – Anthony Gonzalez & Antonio Sol
Dúlaman -Celtic Woman
The Antrim Rose, Miss McGuinness, Brereton’s – Boys Of The Lough
Voice Inside My Head – The Chicks
Angela’s Waltz – BeauSoleil
Que Alegres Son Las Obreras – Victor Jara
Crescendo In Blue – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Mama Died And Left Me – Howlin’ Wolf
Good and Evil – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Way Beyond The Blue – Eva Cassidy
You Will Have Peace – Joanne Shenandoah
Joey – Bob Dylan
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14 September 2026
Walking. Various places.
Apache Tears – Emmylou Harris & The Milk Carton Kids
The Green Fields of France – Dropkick Murphys
Kusursuzsun – Emrah
Real Real Gone – Van Morrison & Michael Bublé
Sugar Daddy – Dion feat. Christine Ohlman
彩虹金剛 – Yanzi Sun
Cigarettes and Coffee – Otis Redding
Russian Roulette – Van Morrison
Toughest Street In Town – Thin Lizzy
As I Am – H.E.R.
Down On Deep River – Leon Russell
ซออู๋ บรรเลงเดี่ยว – XL Music Traditional Thai Songs
Insensatez – Ahn Trio
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: III. Molto moderato e maestoso 12:16 Appassionato, Mathieu Herzog & Jinjoo Cho
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