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Monthly Archives: December 2019
New Year’s Eve Witness
Immigrants are dying in detention. This Administration separates families, and locks parents and children in cages. They are inhumane and evil.
Come together in community and solidarity with migrants and refugees at the border and in detention all over the United States.
Let us keep those who have been unjustly stripped of freedom in our hearts.
We will not look away from injustice and inhumanity.
At 11pm on New Year’s Eve, let’s light up the night sky and illuminate the beginning of a new decade of freedom.
Share a picture or video of your lit candle and tag us. Use the hashtags #lightacandle #dontlookaway #FreeThemAll
Watch for my picture. I hope to see yours.
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights
27, 28, 29 December 2019
Accumulated over 10,000 steps each day. No focused exercise on any of the days so no real play list. On 29 December 2019, these were the songs that played through the day:
Wounded Knee – Micki Free
Wovoka – Redbone
Sitting Bull’s Medicine Song – Kevin Locke
Ghost Dance – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Heart of the World – Mary Youngblood
Sacred Praises – Brule
Shimmer Prayer for Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
Red Streaking into the Water – R. Carlos Nakai
Dreams of Wounded Knee – Bill Miller
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Wounded Knee – Walela
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist
26 December 2019
Treadmill. Walking, some jogging (slow). Stretching. Blink.
Many and Great – Jon Sarta
Peyote Healing – Verdell Primeaux, Johnnie Mike, & Robbie Robertson
Lakota Forever – Brule
For My People – Litefoot
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone – Buffy Sainte-Marie
The Prayer – SupaMan
Meadowlark Sunrise – Fire Crow
Treaties – Frank Waln
Akua Tuta – Kashtin
You’re a Brave One – Joanne Shendoah
Wash Your Spirit Clean – Walela
Brave Heart – Luis Cachiguango
Old One Wise One – Thunder Bird Sisters
Trail of Life – Sharon Burch
Coyote Dance – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Many and Great – Jon Sarta
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Music, New York, playlist
25 December 2019
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Hallelujah! – Quincy Jones, Mervyn Waren, Michael O. Jackson, Various Artists
Silent Night – Amanda Rheaume
Early in One Christmas Morn – Bruce Cockburn
Christmas Is Here – Princeton Seminary Choir
Joy to the World – Eddie DeGarmo
The First Noel – Bill Miller
Hanau ‘la ‘O Jesu/Jesus Was Born – Kaiolohia Funes Smith
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Eileen Ivers
And the Glory of the Lord – Dianne Reeves
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Christmas Brass Quintet
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Harry Belafonte
I Saw Three Ships – Walk off the Earth
Hart! The Herald Angels Sing – Holiday Traditions
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Diagle & Therese Donoho
Hallelujah Chorus – The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Go Tell It on the Mountain – The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Tom Waits
22, 23, 24 December 2019
Averaged over 10,000 steps a day.
No concentrated exercise time so no play lists.
21 December 2019
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Western Sky – Brian Keane, Michael Manring & Paul McCandless
Joyful Times – Marion Meadows
Winter Solstice Song – Rosemary Beland
Nollaig – Billy Oskay & Michael O Domhnaill
Solstice Hymn – Jay Unger, Mary Lea, Abby Newton, Molly Mason
This Clearness of Light – William Ackerman
Winter Solstice – Robert Mirabel
Secret Places – Todd Cochran
Solstice Prayer – R. Carlos Nakai
Northern Lights – Lisa Lynne
Northumbrian Lullabye – Malcolm Dalglish
Ursa Major – Michael Hedges
20 December 2019
Treadmill. Stretching. Blink.
What Christmas Means to Me – John Legend
Angels from the Realms of Glory – Bill Carter and the Presbybop Quartert
In Dulci Jubilo – Clare College Singers
The Bushes of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
One Holy Night – Red Nativity
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Johnny Cash
What Child Is This? – Michael Hedges
And The Glory of the Lord – Joan Sutherland et. al.
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Bruce Cockburn
Cherry Tree Carol – Sting
Peace Child – Indigo Girls
Joy to the World – BeBe & CeCe Winans
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – Vince Guaraldi
Light of the Stable – Darlene Silversmith
O Little Town of Bethlehem – The Choir
Rocking Carol – The Buskaid Soweto String Project
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Jana
Thank You My Angel – Over the Rhine
Filed under Uncategorized
19 December 2019
Treadmill. Stretching. Blink.
The Bushes of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Joy to the World – Eddie DeGarmo
Silver Bells – John Legend
We Three Kings – Michael Doucet
O Christmas Tree – Oscar Peterson
I Pray on Christmas – The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Solomon Burke
Silent Night – Folks Like Us
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Nashville Christmas Orchestra
Coventry Carol – Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
What Child Is This? – North Cost Men’s Chorus
All We Like Sheep – Sutherland/Bumbry/Mckellar/Ward/Sir Adrian Boult
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence – Little Windows
O Holy Night – Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Once in Royal David’s City – The Chieftains
Pretty Paper – Willie Nelson
Adeste Fidelis – Bruce Cockburn
Little Drummer Boy – Jana
18 December 2019
Treadmill. Stretching. Blink.
Enter the Mirrors – Afro Yaqui Music Collective
My Only Home – Unchained XL
Beyond the Border – Bhi Bhiman
La Jaula De Oro – Los Tigres del Norte
Immigrant Eyes – Willie Nelson
Highwomen – The Highwomen
Old Town Road – Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus, Young Thug & Mason Ramsey
This Land – Gary Clark, Jr.
Delilah – Making Movies & Ruben Blades
Cages – Redbait
Bad Hombres Y Mujeres – Antonio Sanchez
Why We Build the Wall – Hadestown
Go Tell a Bird – Maya De Vitry
La Frontera – Lagartijeando feat. Minuk
Migration – Jonny Lipford
No Geography – The Chemical Brothers
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes
This is a slight variation on “Strangers in a Strange Land: A Migration Soundtrack for Advent 2019” by Josh Langhoff. Thanks to my friend Carolyn for calling it to my attention.
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Friends, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 