Monthly Archives: May 2022

Purple flowers guest collection #167

Jacaranda
12 May 2022
Southern California
Ann Rhee Menzie

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12 May 2022

Walking. Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
firebird – Mel Hsu
Save Me – ZHU feat, Herizen
Yuunagi – Hikaru Utada
After All – Jennifer Chung
Anxiety – Giraffage
Yellow Pearl – “Charlie” Chin, Chris Kando Iijima & Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto
Jawn Cage – Heems, feat. Rafiq Bhatia
Under the blue/Take Me in – Hayley Kiyoko
So Far Gone – Madgalen Hsu-Li
Speak – Jhene Aiko
Panini Pua Kia – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Missing Me – TRACE
MEDICINE – Shawn Wasabi, feat. Tia Scola
NYC Bitches – Awkwafina
Dusty Stars – TOKIMONSTA
Stomping Ground – Emily Wurramara

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11 May 2022

Hand weights. Stretching. Walking,. Gym at the Apartment.
In Time – Mel Hsu
LOVE POTION – Shawn Wasabi feat. Raychel Jay
Inner Voices – Awkwafina
WHEN I GROW UP – Yaeji
Ooh Child – MILCK
Let Go – Yung Rizzo
Hello – Giraffage
Mercy/Gatekeeper – Hayley Kiyoko
Take It One Day at a Time – Jennifer Chung
Lying Beast – Run River North
My Life – ZHU, feat. Tame Impala
Forevermore – Hikaru Utada
Hope – Chloe Tang
The Story of Giacobini’s Comet – Yumi Matsudoya
Sometimes I Cry – Jason Kwan

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10 May 2022

Stretching. Walking. Gym at the Apartment.
Playlist based on Love & Hope in the Age of Coronavirus by Ester.
My Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston
Holy – Jamila Woods
All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers
Flashed Junk Mind – Milky Chance
Put Your Records On – Corinna Bailey Rae
FourFiveSeconds – Rhianna and Kayne West and Paul McCartney
Calling All Angels – Train
Cecilia and the Satellite – Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Bold As Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I’ll Follow the Sun – The Beatles
Lovely Day – Bill Withers
I Know Him So Well – Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
Anything at All – Over the Rhine
Nowhere to Go – Snow the Product
Eachother – Grace Potter feat. Jackson Browne, Marcus King & Lucius
I Believe That We Will Win – Pitbull
May This Be Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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A prayer for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Gracious God,
we confess that we have failed our
Asian American and Pacific Islander siblings.
We have bought into the
“model minority” and “honorary white” myth
while treating our siblings as perpetual foreigners.
We fail to learn about the
many different peoples, cultures, and nations
you have created and you love.
We fail to seek out and tell
the stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
in our schools, colleges, seminaries, and churches.
Forgive us, God.
Forgive our neglect and indifference.
Forgive our stereotyping, prejudice, and racism.
Forgive us for making our
Asian American and Pacific Islander siblings
invisible.
Inspire us to turn around,
to build connections,
to stop “othering” our siblings,
to embrace one another in love,
and to make your beloved
Asian American and Pacific Islander children
visible.
We pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen.

inspired by Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women
by the Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim

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9 May 2022

Hand weights. Stretching. Walking. Gym in the Apartment.
The first song was added in response to a post by Alonzo.
The middle section is half of a playlist, Love & Hope in the Age of Coronavirus by Ester.
The final song was given to me by Sean.
Sunday Best – Surfaces
Biking – Frank Ocean
Ends of the Earth – Lord Huron
Angel from Montgomery – John Prine & Bonnie Raitt
42 – Mumford & Sons
Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Blackbird – Brad Mehldau
Where the Light Is – Surfaces
Backlash Blues – Nina Simone
How Can I Keep from Singing – Eva Cassidy
Anything at All – Over the Rhine
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
“40” – U2
Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
When Life Is Good Again – Dolly Parton
Trying to Keep It Together – Norah Jones
Do What You Can – Bon Jovi
Sal Tlay Ka Siti – Book of Mormon

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30 April 2022

Walking. Stretching. Germantown. Gym in the Apartment.
Orubaba – Angelique Kidjo
What Is This Feeling – Wicked
So Long Ago – Nanci Griffith
Say Goodbye – Eva Cassidy
Whole Lotta Loving – Fats Domino
Starman – David Bowie
Check the Rhime – A Tribe Called Quest
Frank and Jesse James – Warren Zevon
Leaving Winslow – Jackson Browne
Eriskay Love Lilt – Paul Robeson
The Great Peace March – Holly Near
The Calloway Boogie – Cab Calloway
In the Still of the Night – Della Reese
Deportee – Peter, Paul & Mary
Mary’s Joint – Mary J. Blige
Fenians – Seanchai & The Unity Squad

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29 April 2022

Walking. Germantown.
Duke Ellington Birthday
It Don’t Mean a Thing – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Drop Me off in Harlem – Duke Ellington
Echoes of Harlem – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Take the “A” Train – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Shelob’s Liar – Howard Shore
Camioux – Boozoo Bajou Feat. Wayne Martin
The Crucifixion – Phil Ochs
Uphi Umhlobo – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Hold Your Head Up – Uriah Heep
I Hear a Symphony – The Supremes
Constant Craving – k.d. lang
Still Gone – Yola
You Have Seen Me Running – The New Riders of the Purple Sage
I’ll Try to Do Better Next Time – Willie Nelson
Charlie Over the Ocean – Sharon, Lois, & Bram
Tete, Epaules – Raffi

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28 April 2022

Walking. Germantown.
Boys and Girls – Kahi feat. Swings
Ego – A Time Called Quest
The One Who Really Loves You – Mary Wells
Last Night I Dreamed – Blues Traveler
Never Know – Angelique Kidjo
Kansas City Railroad Blues – Don Reno and Red Smiley
Real Love – Regina Spektor
Dead or Alive – Journey
Big – John McCutcheon
Poetry Man – Phoebe Snow
Susan Falls Apart – Black 47
The River Hymn – The Band
My Sweet Lord – Billy Preston
There Goes the Neighborhood – Sheryl Crow
For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield

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27 April 2022

Les Blues De Creve De Faim – BeauSoleil
Cuando Voy Al Trabajo – Victor Jara
Eleanor Rigby – Big Maybelle
Ring Them Bells – Joe Cocker
The Unwelcome Guest – Billy Bragg & Wilco
Volcano – The Band
Camilo – State Radio
Elegy for a Sunday – Eliot Goldenthal
Dotke – Ralph Thamar
E’pitejij – 2nd Generation
The Seeker – Steve Earle
Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
Because – The Beatles
8:30 AM Glasgow Cross – The Wakes
Nyabinghi Intro/Jah Pretty Face – Carlos Jones and the PLUS Band

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