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September 14, 2025 · 11:20 pm

Gaza 5K walk/run – Virtually

I’m fundraising for UNRWA USA by participating in the Gaza 5K walk/run VIRTUALLY on or about Sunday, October 12th, 2025. I’d like to walk in person in New York, but I will be in Albuquerque.

I choose to show my solidarity with Palestine refugees by committing myself to raising money for UNRWA mental health services. The trauma of the crisis and the stress of living under blockade, unable to leave the Gaza Strip, has left thousands of refugees, particularly children, in need of psychosocial support.

The situation may seem hopeless, but by providing counseling through UNRWA, we can support their mental health, help them cope with their traumas, and improve their quality of life even slightly during this assault on their homes and lives.

Though I know I can’t change the world for every refugee, with your support, I intend to reach as many children as possible.

If you share my commitment to bettering the mental health of Palestine refugee children, please donate to my Gaza 5K walk.

Proceeds will go directly to UNRWA mental health services and counselors–refugees themselves–in the Gaza Strip. NOTE – this fundraiser does not raise funds for immediate food needs. There are other ways to do this. This fundraiser helps to provide mental health services.

Thank you for supporting me to show Palestine refugees that Americans care and for giving what you can!

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September 13, 2025 · 8:54 pm

A prayer for water

We went down to the river, Creator,
and no river flowed.
Dried sands,
muddy puddles,
cracked earth.
A bed.
No water. No river.
We walked across
and did not get wet.
Even as we suffer from too little water,
we know there are people and places
with too much water that results
in floods and mudslides,
destruction and death.
We pray for water, Creator,
for water is life.
Send rain to places in need of water.
Hold rain from places with too much water.
Help us all to learn and implement
ways to conserve the water we have.
Lead those who make decisions about
water allocation and sharing
to do so wisely.
Guide us to make responsible decisions
about uses of water
so that this precious resource
sustains life for all your children and this world.
We pray in the name of Jesus,
baptized in the Jordan.
Amen.

Despite its name, the Rio Grande is not that impressive in most parts of Albuquerque. It should look better than it did today.

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September 12, 2025 · 9:17 pm

12 September 2025 – Death of Steve Biko

Death of Steve Biko.
Steve Biko – Beenie Man
Biko – Peter Gabriel
Steve Biko (Stir It Up) – A Tribe Called Quest
Biko’s Kindred Lament – Steel Pulse
Prisoner – Lucky Dube
Kazet – Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens
Not Yet Uhuru – Letta Mbulu
Tomorrow Nation – O’ Yaba
Hellfire – African Jazz Pioneers
Unfinished Story – Stimela
Biko Drum – Christy Moore
Asimbonanga / Biko – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir Symphonic, feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo
The Death Of Stephen Biko – Tom Paxton
Tribute to Steve Biko – Tappa Zukie
Nkosi Sikelel ‘IAfrica – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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September 12, 2025 · 9:12 pm

12 September 2025 – San Patricio Brigade

San Patricios Brigade. Saint Patrick’s Battalion.
St Patricks Battalion – The Wakes
San Patricio Brigade – Black 47 with Eileen Ivers
La Iguana – The Chieftains With Lila Downs
La Golondrina – The Chieftains With Los Folkloristas
A La Orilla De Un Palmar – The Chieftains With Linda Ronstadt
Danza De Concheros – The Chieftains With Los Folkloristas
El Chivo – The Chieftains With Los Cenzontles
San Campio – The Chieftains With Carlos Núñez
The Sands Of Mexico – The Chieftains Feat. Ry Cooder
Sailing To Mexico – The Chieftains With Carlos Núñez
El Caballo – The Chieftains With Los Camperos De Valles
March To Battle (Across The Rio Grande) – The Chieftains With Banda De Gaitas Del Batallón De San Patricio, Liam Neeson, Los Cenzontles & L.A. Juvenil
Lullaby For The Dead – The Chieftains With Moya Brennn
Luz De Luna – The Chieftains With Chavela Vargas
Persecución De Villa – The Chieftains With Mariachi Santa Fe De Jesus Guzman
Canción Mixteca (Intro) – The Chieftains Feat. Ry Cooder
Canción Mixteca – The Chieftains With Los Tigres Del Norte
Ojitos Negros – The Chieftains With Los Cenzontles
El Relampago – The Chieftains With Lila Downs
El Pájaro Cu – The Chieftains With La Negra Graciana
Finale – The Chieftains With Los Cenzontles, Carlos Núñez, Los Folkloristas, Banda De Gaitas Del Batallón De San Patricio, L.A. Juvenil
St Patrick’s Brave Brigade – Damien Dempsey
San Patricios – The Regulars
San Patricios – The Donegal X-Press Translations Irish 0
San Patricios – The Plankrunners
John Riley – Mary McPartlan
John Riley – The Paul McKenna Band

On September 12, 1847, the U.S. Army executed 30 captured members of the San Patricio Battalion for desertion during the Mexican-American War, and September 12 is now commemorated annually in Mexico to honor their sacrifice and memory. The San Patricios, a group of foreign defectors, including many Irish immigrants and other Roman Catholics, are regarded as heroes in Mexico for their loyalty to the Mexican cause.

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September 1, 2025 · 7:21 pm

Steelers 5K Run Walk

Steelers 5K Run Walk to support the Art Rooney Scholarship Fund and the Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research. Done virtually in North Domingo Baca Park.
Renegade – Styx
Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
Apple Cider Re-Constitution – Al Stewart
The Weight – Aretha Franklin
Running On Empty – Jackson Browne
Edge of America – Annie Humphrey
All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
Long May You Run – Neil Young
Let The Circle Be Wide – Tommy Sands
Grapefruit Moon – Tom Waits
Nantucket Sleighride – Mountain
Last Lonely Eagle – New Riders of the Purple Sage
Mr. Bojangles – Nina Simone
A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Procol Harum
Tell Me Why – Archie Roach
Victor Jara – Arlo Guthrie
Carry On Till Tomorrow – Badfinger
Magical Mystery Tour – The Beatles
Will It Go Round in Circles – Billy Preston
Fire Of Freedom – Black 47
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Calling All The Children Home – John McCutcheon
No Surrender – Bruce Springsteen
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
The Rocky Road To Dublin – The Chieftains & The Rolling Stones
Stairway to Heaven – Dolly Parton
Piper to the End – Mark Knopfler
Gone To Shiloh – Elton John & Leon Russell
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris
Someday We’ll All Be Free 40 Keb’ Mo’

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September 1, 2025 · 6:54 pm

1 September 2025

Labor Day.
9 To 5 – Dolly Parton
Workin’ At The Carwash Blues – Jim Croce
The Hands That Built America – U2
Bracero – Phil Ochs
She Works Hard For the Money – Donna Summer
Worker’s Song – Dropkick Murphys
Livin’ On a Prayer – Bon Jovi
Mr. President – Randy Newman
Working Class Hero – Green Day
Working Man – Imagine Dragons
Working On The Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Joe Hill – Paul Robeson
There Is Power in a Union – John McCutcheon
Las Madres Cansadas – Joan Baez
We’Re Still Here – Si Kahn
Which Side Are You On – Natalie Merchant
Bread and Roses – Judy Collins
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
More Than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Ship In The Sky – Woody Guthrie
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger

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August 23, 2025 · 9:28 pm

22 August 2025

Walking. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center.
The Blue Hour: No. 40, 3rd Refrain – Shara Nova & A Far Cry
Never Know – Jack Johnson
All Used Up – Utah Phillips
Caldonia – Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
The Mason’s Apron – The Chieftains
My Love’s Leavin’ – Steve Winwood
Perfect Love Song – The Relatives
Serpentine Shelly – Spyro Gyra
Sun Roof – El Vate
Like A Rolling Stone – Judy Collins
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Ya Ya – Lee Dorsey
Lindelani – Miriam Makeba
Gorok – Gurejele
When Bad Got Good -0 Neil Young & Promise of the Real

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August 23, 2025 · 9:17 pm

21 August 2025

Walking. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center.
Basements – Frank Waln
Don’t Cry – Neil Young
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
Heaven Is Less Than Fair – Magpie
Lady Bug Dance – Mary Youngblood
Summer of Love – Jefferson Airplane
Where Are You Now, My Son? – Joan Baez
White Man’s World – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
You’ve Got A Friend – Carole King
柔情蜜意 – Teresa Teng

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August 23, 2025 · 9:07 pm

20 August 2025

Happy Birthday, Eric.
Cut The Cake – John McCutcheon
On Top of the World – Imagine Dragons
No Need for Words – Sean Jones
Home We’ll Go (Take My Hand) – Steve Aoki & Walk Off the Earth
A Night In Tunisia – Miles Davis
Whistles The Wind – Flogging Molly
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
Take Me Home Country Roads – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Good People – Jack Johnson
A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement – John Coltrane
Sunshine Highway – Dropkick Murphys
Young Wolves – Fire Crow
Mumbles – Oscar Peterson Trio & Clark Terry
Birthday Party – AJR
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Blue Is The Colour – Chelsea Football Club
If We Could Be Brave – Matthew Black
Captain America Main Titles – Alan Silvestri
Captain America “We Did It” – Alan Silvestri
Captain America March – Alan Silvestri

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August 23, 2025 · 8:57 pm

19 August 2024

Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson & Johnny Cash
Themes from “Harvest Home Suite” – James Galway
Pretty Little Bird – Magpie John Brown
Love Song To A Bird – Diana Jones
Light One Candle – Peter, Paul & Mary
Beethoven: Symphony #6 In F, Op. 68, “Pastoral” – 3. Allegro – Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Hold On Be Strong – Outkast
Fair Warning – The Immediate Family
I Walk In Two Worlds – Shelley Morningsong
No Guns Allowed – Snoop Lion, feat. Cori B & Drake
Am I The Only One – The Chicks
Medicine Keeper – Paul Horn & R. Carlos Nakai
Photograph – Christine Anu
Dresden – Tommy Sands
Mr T – Archie Roach
Les Petites Marionettes – Raffi

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