21 December 2025. Day 7.
Rest day. Minimal walking in La Cueva Neighborhood. Making Christmas cookies with Lucy and Tricia.
Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere).
Solstice Hymn – Jay Ungar/Mary Lea/Abby Newton/Molly Mason
Western Sky – Brian Keane, Michael Manring & Paul McCandless
Joyful Times – Marion Meadows
Winter Solstice Song – Rosemary Beland
Secret Places – Todd Cochran
Solstice Prayer – R. Carlos Nakai
Northern Lights – Lisa Lynne
New England Morning – William Ackerman & Joan Jeanrenaud
Ursa Major – Michael Hedges
Winter Solstice – Robert Mirabal
Winter Solstice Sunrise – Mothertongue
A Long, Long Night – Crow Women Seasons:
The Year Is Born Anew – Jaiya Firedance:
Ring Out, Solstice Bells – Jethro Tull
The Sun Is Gonna Rise – Bill Miller
Drive the Cold Winter Away – Horslips
Night Falls on the Great Plains – Jessita Reyes
Winter Solstice – Karim Kamar
Winter Solstice – Taya Tenney
Winter Solstice – D.M.
Mountain Song – Eric Gillette
Winter Solstice Night – The Dolmen
Winter Solstice – Felt Galaxy
Winter Solstice – Sollaris
Winter Solstice – BEN WISCH
Shortest Day of the Year – Crystal Stones
Snow On The Mesa – David Arkenstone
White Is In the Winter Night – Enya And Winter Came
Now Winter Comes Slowly – Sting If On A Winter’s Night
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21 December 2025
20 December 2025
Stretching. Walk, slowly, ever so slowly, in La Cueva neighborhood.
Christmas In The Trenches – John McCutcheon
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains
What Child Is This? – Mahalia Jackson
We Are Christmas – Spelman Glee Club
Go Tell It On The Mountain – The Blind Boys Of Alabama Feat. Tom Waits
Jehovah The Lord Will Provide – Harry Belafonte
I Saw Three Ships – Robin Stapleton, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, BBC Philharmonic, Coventry Cathedral Choir & Lichfield Cathedral Choir
Las Posadas – José Feliciano
Silent Night – The Temptations
Asleep At Last -The Wailin’ Jennys
A Cradle In Bethlehem – Nat King Cole
I Wonder as I Wander – Ed Ames
O Holy Night – Jennifer Nettles
Little Drummer Boy – Peter Mayer
Carol of the Bells – Windham Hill Artists
Come Faithful Ones – Red Nativity
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19 December 2025
Walking North Domingo Multigenerational Center track. Marginally faster than yesterday.
The Rebel Jesus – Seven Nations
Once in Royal David’s City – David Briggs, Orgnn/Stephen Cleobury/Choir of King’s College, Cambridge King’s College Choir
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – Sarah McLachlan, feat. The Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach Children’s Choir and Youth Choir
We Three Kings – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
The Little Drummer Boy – Dolly Parton
Silent Night – Johnny Cash
O Holy Night – Frances
Magical World – Peter Mayer
The Holly And The Ivy – Alex de Grassi
Go Tell It On The Mountain – James Taylor
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Michael Manring
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
O Come O Come Emmanuel – Carpenters
O Little One Sweet – The Royal College Of Music Chamber Choi
Stille Nacht – James Galway; John Georgiadis: Munich Radio Orchestra, Regensburg Cathedral Choir
Behold, The Lamb Of God – Yellowjackets
18 December 2025
International Migrants Day. Walking 2.13 miles at North Domingo Baca Multicultural Center. Slower pace than yesterday. Stretching.
Unite 75 – Daara J Family
Immigrant – John McCutcheon
Ave Que Emigra – Gabby Moreno
The Migrant Worker – Jim Croce
Gourma – Etran Fintawa
Take Me to Cleveland – Robert Neustadt
No Geography – The Chemical Brothers
Look in Their Eyes – David Crosby
Why We Build the Wall – Hadestown
La Jaula de Oro – Los Tigres del Norte
Alien – Gil-Scott Heron
Cages – Redbait
Bad Hombres y Mujeres – Antonio Sanchez
La Frontera – Lagartijeando, feat. Minuk
Migration – Jonny Lipford
The Dreamer – Jackson Browne
My Only Home – Unchained XL, feat. Genesis Elijah & Femi Ashiru
A Safe Place to Land – Sara Bareilles, feat. John Legend
Running – Keyon Harrold, Andrea Pizziconi & Jasson Harrold, feat. Running feat. Common & Gregory Porter
Amor Migrante – Elena & Los Fulanos
Go Tell a Bird – Maya De Vitry
Beyond the Border – Bhi Bhiman
Godspeed – Radney Foster
Where We Are – Diana Jones
Migra – Santana
Immigrant Eyes – Willie Nelson
The Immigrants – Gabby Moreno & Van Dyke Parks
Deportees – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) – K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC & Residente
Refugee King – Liz Vice, feat. Hannah Glover
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes
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17 December 2025
Walking 2.25 miles on the track at North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. Would post the time but I can’t figure out how to read the sundial that was used. Stretching. The slow start continues.
For Unto Us A Child Is Born – Core Cotton, Jamecia Bennett, James Wright, Carrie Harrington, Pat Lacy & Sounds of Blackness
O Holy Night – Musiq Soulchild
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Celtic Woman
I Believe In Father Christmas – Glòria
Away in a Manger – Joanne Shenandoah
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear -8 Julie Andrews
Celebra – Black Violin, De La Ghetto, Kevin Marcus Sylvester, Phil Beaudreau & Wilner Baptiste
In dulci jubilo – Choir Of St. George’s Chapel
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – John Legend, feat. Esperanza Spalding
The Longest Night – Peter Mayer
Carol of the Bells 3:15 Pentatonix
Cherry Tree Carol – Sting
Angels We Have Heard on High – Karla Bonoff
The Bushes Of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy – Anthony Rapp & Everett Bradley
Silent Night – The Temptations
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16 December 2025
The comeback begins. Walked slowly in the neighborhood. Did morning stretching.
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem – Darlene Silversmith
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 – Comfort Ye, My People – Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, Etc.; Adrian Boult: London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Gower Wassail – Quadriga Consort
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – Sam Levine
Snowfall – Liz Story
O Little Town Of Bethlehem – Bruce Cockburn
Carol of the Drum / Peace on Earth – Christine Anu, feat. Jay Laga’aia
Feliz Navidad – Daphne Rubin-Vega
We Wish You – Black Violin, Kevin Marcus Sylvester, Phil Beaudreau & Wilner Baptiste
Carol Of The Bells – Natalie Cole
Cradle Song – John Rutter: Clare College Singers & Orchestra
I Wonder as I Wander Joanne Shenandoah
Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Irish Christmas Folk Music
The Stockford Carol – Loreena McKennitt
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7 October 2025
Hispanic Heritage Month
Prison Trilogy – Joan Baez
BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US – Jessie Reyez
Moscow Mule – Bad Bunny
In the River – Raye Zaragoza
Waiting for Tonight – Jennifer Lopez
Enamorada De Ti – Selena
Good Morning Aztlan – Los Lobos
Ella Tiene Fuego – Celia Cruz
Taquirari De Verano – El Vate
Juana Mayo – Rubén Blades
Las Brumas del Mar – Simón Díaz
Don’t Wanna Lose You – Gloria Estefan
Dia Cero – Agua Clara
Medianoche – Inti Illimani
Cuando Voy Al Trabajo – Victor Jara
The Show Must Go On – Michael Giacchino
Crazy – Linda Ronstadt
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Purple flowers, Rio Grande Nature Center 3
Rio Grande Nature Center
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13 September 2025
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30 September 2025
30 September is observed in Canada as The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day. It is a day of memorial to recognize the atrocities and generational impact committed on First Nations peoples by the Canadian Indian residential school system. It has expanded in the United State as a day to remember the atrocities and generational impact inflicted by the U.S. boarding school system on Indigenous peoples. The Indigenous peoples of Australia had a similar experience.
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
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16 September 2025
Mexican Independence; Death of Victor Jara; B.B. King Birthday;
Himno Nacional Mexicano – Banda de Genaro Nuñez & Banda Estudiantil del Estado de Jalisco
Me Gustan los Estudiantes – Tita Parra
El Pueblo Unido Jamàs Serà Vencido – Inti-Illimani
México Lindo – Vicente Fernández
Viva Mexico – Mariachi Veracruz
Mi Ciudad – Lola Beltrán
Pisagua 1973 – Los Miserables
Victor Jara’s Hands – Calexico
Victor Jara – Arlo Guthrie
15 de Septiembre – José Alfredo Jiménez
Estadio Chile – Pete Seeger
Manifiesto – Victor Jara
Juan Sin Tierra – Ska-P
Back Against the Wall – Hogni
It Could Have Been Me – Holly Near
Washington Bullets – The Clash
On My Word Of Honor – B.B. King
You’ve Been An Angel – B.B. King
Blind Love – B.B. King
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Along the Graybeard Trail 