Yen Tu Holy Place
Uong Bi, Vietnam
21 February 2025
Carolyn Cuff
Walking in the neighborhood. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Remembering and honoring Harriet Tubman. This is the date of her death; an unknown day in March is believed by many to be her date of birth.
Swing Low. Sweet Chariot – Joan Baez
The Ballad of Harriet Tubman – Magpie
Go Down, Moses – Mavis Staples
Harriet Tubman – Holy Near
Harriet Tubman – Kim & Reggie Harris
Stand Up – Cynthia Erivo
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
Oh Freedom – Mary D. Williams
Wade in the Water – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Woke up This Morning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Gospel Train – The Gospel Harmonettes
Follow the Drinking Gourd – The Sey Sisters
Harriet Tubman – HolyGhost HotBoy
Harriet Tubman – Wynton Marsalis
Harriet Tubman – University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Bobby Sands birthday.
Bobby Sands MP – Black 47
Ballad of Bobby Sands – The Irish Brigade
Bobby Sands – Claymore
Bobby Sands – Gerard MacCuinneagain
Song for Marcella – Eimhear Ni Ghlacain
Four Green Fields – The Molly Maguires
The Hills of Ireland – Celtic Woman
Stór Mo Chroí – The Chieftains with Bonnie Raitt
Dear Irish Boy – Eileen Ivers Crossing the Bridge Irish; Rock 0 1
Long Journey Home – Elvis Costello with Anuna
Irish Soldier Boy – Paddy Reilly
Back Home in Derry – Helena Ward
Song For Ireland – Mary Black
Daughters And Sons – Tommy Sands
The Sign – Eric Bogle
The Parting Glass – Shaun Davey
Filed under Human Rights, Ireland, Music, playlist
International Women’s Day
One Woman: A Song for UN Women
Gentle Rebellion – Rebecca Riots
Compassion – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Feel Like A Natural Woman – Carole King
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Just Because I’m a Woman – Dolly Parton
Transgender Dysphoria Blues – Against Me!
Born This Way – Lady Gaga
I Am Woman – Helen Reddy
Independent Women, Pt. 1 – Destiny’s Child
Break the Chain – One Billion Rising
Walk Beside Me – Celtic Woman
Racist, Sexist Boy – The Linda Lindas
I Will Not Be Denied – Bonnie Raitt
Motherland – Natalie Merchant
Run the World – Beyonce
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
I AM WOMAN – Emmy Meil
And We Can Love (World) – Mary Youngblood
Ella’s Song – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Imagine – Eva Cassidy
Find Your Way – Adina Nyree
I Am a Woman – Ruby Hunter
I Am Her – Shea Diamond
Warrior Heart – Sjawmee
All That You Have Is Your Soul – Tracy Chapman
Brave New World – Sera
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
Four Women – Nina Simone
Ain’t I a Woman (Singing Truth) – Pauline Jean
Filed under Current Events, Music, playlist, United Nations
8 March 2025
This playlist is in honor of Emily Pike and all the Missing and Murdered
Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People and all who grieve for them.
Emily Pike, a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, left a group home in Mesa, Arizona in late January. Her remains were found on February 14. Her disappearance and death is an example of the violence endured by Native women, girls and Two Spirit people. Frequently in such cases, law enforcement and the larger community are slow to respond. This has given rise to MMIWG2S+ campaigns. The PC(USA) Day of Action No More Stolen Relatives: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People lifted up this issue and provides resources.
Red Dress – Amanda Rheaume (feat. Chantal Kreviazuk)
You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
Run Sister Run – Cass McCombs
Through The Flood – Indian City
Say Her Name – Bear Fox
To All MMIW – Northern Cree
Highway of Tears – Layla Zoe
The Highway – N’we Jinan Artists, Kitsumkalum First Nation, BC
Break the Silence – N’we Jinan Artists, Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Pray Sister Pray – Crystal Shawanda
Missing You – Joanne Shenandoah
Little Star – iskwē acākosīk
M.M.I.W. (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) – Jahkota [feat. LB, Drezus & Cleo Big Eagle]
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights
Walking. Albuquerque.
60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma.
Freedom Songs: Selma. Alabama provided a primary resource for the first part of the playlist.
Remembering courage and grace and faith.
Woke up This Morning – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers
This Little Light of Mine – Workers in Selma at Mass for Jimmie Lee Jackson
God Will Take Care of You – Hosea Williams and Marchers
Steal Away/Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Hosea Williams and Marchers
Come by Here – Marchers
Berlin Wall – Marchers
Oh, Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Which Side Are You On? – James Orange and Protestors
Everybody Wants Freedom – Demonstrators a March
Freedom Now – Demonstrators at March
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Demonstrators at March
Oh, Wallace – Band 1
Get on Board – Band 2
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round – Two Little Girls at March
We Shall Overcome – Workers in Selma at March
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round – James Orange and Youth
Which Side Are You On? – James Orange and Youth
Lonesome Valley – Bayard Rustin & James Farmer
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Mahalia Jackson
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me -Fisk Jubilee Singers & Ruby Amanfu
Let Freedom Ring (The Ballad of John Lewis) – Dee Daniels
Still on the Bridge – Claudia Schmidt & Sally Rogers
Remembering D’Wayne Wiggins and Roy Ayers
The Blues – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Little Walter – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Feels Good – Tony! Toni! Toné!
It Never Rains (In Southern California) – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Whatever You Want – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Everybody Loves the Sunshine – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Heat of the Beat – Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson
Running Away – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Mystic Voyage – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
You’ve Got the Power -Roy Ayers
Black Family – Roy Ayers
And Then We Were One – Roy Ayers
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Walking for LGBTQIA+ young people!
I am participating in the 45 Mile Outdoor Challenge in March to support The Trevor Project’s mission of ending suicide among LGBTQIA+ young people ages 13-24. (I’ve walked 9.61 miles; 35.39 to go.)
You can participate by donating to my fundraiser (or by signing up to walk yourself). Every dollar you give and every step will go toward affirming the worth of our LGBTQIA+ friends, family and colleagues. The Trevor Project does incredible work to end suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people.
Filed under Exercise, Human Rights
Shrove Tuesday.
Walking to New Orleans – Fats Domino
Going Back to New Orleans – Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
La danse de Mardi Gras – Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboy
Carnival Time – Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias
Where da Melph at? – Katey Red
Golden Crown – Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
Goin’ Down – Allen Toussaint
My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now – Buckwheat Zydeco
Ain’t Nothin’ But a Party – Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Part 1 – Jessie Hill
Cassanova- Rebirth Brass Band
Zydeco Mardi Gras – Boozoo Chavis Zydeco
Fire Water – The Wild Magnolias
Iko Iko – The Dixie Cups
Street Parade – Earl King
The Second Line – Stop, Inc.
Hey Pocky A-way – The Meters
Jock-A-Mo – Sugar Boy Crawford T
Mardi Gras Mambo – The Hawketts
Go to the Mardi Gras – Professor Longhair
Carnival Time – Al Johnson
Tremé Mardi Gras – Kermit Ruffins
Give It Up – Dr. Michael White
I Like It Like That – Chris Kenner
When The Saints Go Marching In – Louis Armstrong
Filed under Albuquerque, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Shche ne Vmerly v Ukrainy i slava, i volia (instrumental) – Glocal Orchestra
Shche ne Vmerly v Ukrainy i slava, i volia (vocal) – Glocal Orchestra
Let’s Sing about Ukraine – Brothers Ivan
O Ukraine, Our Beloved Mother – Brothers Ivan
Prayer for Ukraine – Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
Various Songs – Made in Ukraine
The Water Flows into the Sea – Brothers Ivan
Why, Oh, Why, My Native Land – Brothers Ivan
Filed under Current Events, Human Rights, New Mexico
Along the Graybeard Trail 