The comeback begins?
Walking. Germantown. Hand weights. Core work. Stretching.
For You – A Tribe Called Read, feat. Lido Pimiento
San Juan Traditional – Viento De Los Andes
Shadow Crossing the Land – Tom Paxton & Anne Hills
Stole & Sold from Africa – John McCutcheon
Mozart: German Dance In D, K 605/1 – Alfred Scholz: London Festival Orchestra
What Are You Gonna Do – Credence Clearwater Revival
No Escaping Your Love – Badfinger
Galveston Bay – Bruce Springsteen
Call Me – Annie Humphrey
Hourglass – Nightnoise
Ain’t No Grave Can Hold My Body Down – Odetta
The Vanishing Race – Johnny Cash
Conspiracy Theory – Steve Earle
Gaman – Allegiance
Cry Baby – Janis Joplin
Hudson Bay Blues – Jack Gladstone
Monthly Archives: August 2023
27 August 2023
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26 August 2023
Precious Memories – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Treasure Island: Treasure Cave – The Chieftains
Letter to the World – Jack Gladstone
Wanted – The Cranberries
Plastic Paddy – Eric Bogle
Let the Circle Be Wide – Tommy Sands
A Pair of Brown Eyes – The Pogues
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Paul Robeson
Didn’t Leave Nobody But the Baby – Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch
Breathin – 2Pac
The Chickens Are Revolting – Henry Gregson- Williams
4+20 – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Nobody Told Me – John Lennon
Ascot Gavotte – My Fair Lady
Hammer and a Nail – Indigo Girls
Sounds Like America to Me – Harry Chapin
Aiionwatha Forgives – Joanne Shennandoah
Amampondo – Miriam Makeba
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24 August 2023
For Marsha P. Johnson – Bryce Dressner
For Good – Wicked
Wintry Wind – Utara-Kuru
I Shall Be Free – Bob Dylan
Five Plump Peas – Sharon, Lois & Bram
Down by the River – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
7000 Miles – Ruby Ibarra
Waro’we – Jana
I Can’t Wait – Stevie Nicks
There’s No You – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
The Possibilities – Blackfire
Don’t Hurt Yourself – Beyonce, feat. Jack White
Oubaba – Angelique Kidjo
What Y’all Come to Do – Aretha Franklin & John Legend
Chromatica III – Lady Gaga
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Thank you
I cannot remember when I received a smile as big and warm and excited as the smile I received this evening. While the smile did not come from granddaughter Lucy, it came because of her.
I ordered dinner from Door Dash last night. Multiple issues with that, I know. Not the least of which is it represents a new retreat in the current self-care effort. I acknowledge the problems and hope to address at least some of them. Starting today.
For last night, I did what I did.
Ukash, the Dasher arrived. As we interacted, I realized that Ukash lives with an issue with his hearing. We were able to communicate nonetheless.
As our interaction came to a close, Lucy flashed into my mind and heart. In addition to English words, Lucy is earning signs. Mom. Dad. Water. More. All done. Banana. Up. You’re welcome. And thank you. She may know more. Those are the ones I have picked up while with her.
I decided to give it a try. “Thank you,” I signed to Ukash
His face lit up with joy. I thought his smile would break his face as he signed, “You’re welcome.”
I smiled back. We shook hands. Ukash entered his car for his next delivery. I headed to my apartment to eat food I did not need.
The experience has stayed with me.
Courtesy of Lucy and her parents, I experienced a holy moment of beauty and love. I have been smiling ever since. I hope Ukash has been smiling too.
23 August 2023
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
Sacco and Vanzetti execution.
Change Gonna Come – Otis Redding
This Little Light of Mine – Fannie Lou Hamer
Freedom – Charles Mingus
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
Freedom Road – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Freedom – Richie Havens
Long Walk to Freedom – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Woke up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Go Down, Moses – Paul Robeson
Get off the Track – Anne Enslow & Ridley Enslow, feat. Jacqueline Schwab
Steal Away – The Princely Players
There Is a Balm in Gilead – The Florida A&M University Concert Choir
Free at Last – Kim & Reggie Harris
Oh Freedom – Mary D. Williams
Freedom Now – Sweet Honey on the Rock
The Ballad of Sacco & Vanzetti – Joan BaezGer
Sacco’s Letter to His Son – Magpie
Filed under Antiracism, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Louisville, Music
22 August 2023
Walking. Stretching.
Stay with Me Baby – Jana Mashonee
Theme from the Last Waltz – The Band
The Parting Glass – The Irish Tenors
The Weakness in Me – Joan Armatrading
Three Preludes – Andante con moto e poco rubato – Solaris
If I Could Build My Whole World Around You – Marvin Gaye|
Ice Cream – Sarah McLachlan
There’s a Fountain Filled with Blood – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Rainy Day People – Gordon Lightfoot
Blues in the Night – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Fourteen Floors – Hurray for the Riff Raff
Master Meriadoc, Swordthain – Howard Shore
Finnegan’s Wake – The Dubliners
Just Like a Woman – Bob Dylan
Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen
Harmony – Elton John
We Shall Walk through the Valley – The Princely Players
Orange Blossom Special – Johnny Cash
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A prayer inspired by footprints
Like a child’s wet footprint
on sidewalk fades in the sun,
life, at some point, will end.
May this understanding
guide our living so that
we cherish well the people and creatures
with whom we share this
wondrous
glorious
precious
beautiful
life you give us
and love each other
and all your creation well.
In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen.
6 August 2023
Walking. The Parkland at Floyds Fork.
Jamaican Independence Day.
We Shall Overcome – Toots & The Maytals
History of Jamaica – Early B
The Song My Mother Used to Sing – Dennis Brown
Jump Independently – Count Lasher
Be Channel One Guest – King Tubby
Teach the Children – Dennis Alcapone
Rock Steady – ALton Ellis
Free Us – Lee “Scratch” Perry
Rivers of Babylon – The Melodians
Rebuild Jamaica – Lee “Scratch” Perry
I Shall Be Free – Toots and theMaytals
Rainbow Country – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
Independence Ska – The Babba Brooks Band
Get Up Stand Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jamaica, Land That We Love – The One World Ensemble
6 August 2023, pt. 1
Walking. The Parklands of Floyds Fork.
Hiroshima Day
Thousand Cranes – Hiroshima
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Russian Roulette – Jim Page
I Come And Stand At Every Door – Anne Hills
No Nuclear War – Peter Tosh
Nuclear War – Yo La Tengo
Hiroshima-Nagasaki – Ozymandias
Enola Gay – Utah Phillips
Sadako – The Sands Family
Nagasaki no Kane – Meisterbrass Quartet & Yumi Aikawa Yuuji Koseki
When the Wind Blows – Eric Bogle
Ippon No Enpitsu – HIbari Misori
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Simon & Garfunkel
5 August 2023
Walking. Louisville neighborhoods.
Oak Creek Sikh Gurdwara.
Grace of God – Sat Hari Singh
Gideh Vich – Anakhi
God and Me – Dev Suroop Kaur & Liv Singh
I Am the People – Mata Mandir Singh & Friends
Spark in the Night – Singh Kaur
The Lord’s Prayer – Singh Kaur
Tere Bin – Rabbi Shergill
Mil Mere Pritama Jiyo – Bhai Harjinder Singh Ji
Akhiyan Ch Ton Wasda – Surindar Kaur
Tu Thakar – Craig Pruess & Dya Singh
Long Time Sun – Snatam Kaur
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Along the Graybeard Trail 