Recuérdame – Natalia Lafourcade & Carlos Rivera
Flores Y Tierra – Danny Felix
Las Flores del Camposanto – Lupita Infante
La Nostalgia – Julieta Venegas
La Llorona – Chavela Vargas
Día de los Muertos – Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado
Cumbia de los Muertos – Ozomatli
Chumbala Cachumbala – Canticuentos & Cantiaventuras
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) – Rockalingua
Calaverita – La Santa Cecilia Buenaventura
Cielito Lindo – Ángela Aguilar
La Llorona – Ángela Aguilar
Day of the Dead – Robert Mirabal
Category Archives: Current Events
Día de los Muertos
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Dolores Huerta, ¡Presente!
Remembering Dolores Huerta
Las Nubes – Little Joe & La Familia
Farm Worker’s Song – Joe Glazer
¡Sí se puede! – Mojinos Escozios
SI SE PUEDE – Christopher Velez
Dolores Huerta – Michael Sloan
Dolores Huerta – Julian Thorne
Dolores Huerta – Manzo Rally
De Colores – Raffi
Dolores Huerta – 7 Octoberz
Dolores Huerta – José-Luis Orozco
Corrido De Dolores Huerta – Los Lobos and Friends
Solidarity Forever – Ella Jenkins Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends
No Nos Moveran – Joan Baez
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, Music, playlist
A prayer about voting
I voted today in the 2026 midterm election. This prayer followed.
Thank you God,
for all the people
some known to us all
some known to some of us
some known only to you
who labored and toiled,
marched and advocated,
sang and prayed,
wrote and called,
registered and registered others,
endured prison and suffered beatings,
bled and died,
for the right to vote
for the people of the United States.
Thank you, God,
for all the people
some known to us all
some known to some of us
some known only to you
who currently work tirelessly
to protect and preserve
the right to vote.
Thank you, God,
for all the people
some known to us all
some known to some of us
some known only to you
who work the elections and the polls
to ensure that
we exercise our right to vote
and that elections are free and fair
and all can participate.
Guide us, God,
to honor those who have gone before us
and those present with us
by voting.
We pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
Clearly the poll worker, who provided me with the sticker above after I voted and who I had never met before, had some sense of who I am. Like a cactus, I am prickly and difficult to eradicate.
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, New Mexico, Prayer
16 October 2026
Walking. Montgomery Park Neighborhood.
Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood.
Pacing. The Apartment.
Bread For the World – Bryan Field McFarland and Jacob’s Join
Is This the World We Created…? Queen
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) Bob Marley & The Wailers
Imperialism Is Another Word for Hunger – “Charlie” Chin, Chris Kando Iijima & Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto
Feed the Children – Eric Bogle
Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
Jubilee – Jim And Jean Stradthdee
Break Bread Together – Mary D Williams
One World One Song – Dionne Warwick & Joe McElderry
Far From The Arms Of Hunger – Jackson Browne
No Hunger – Donovan
Pastures of Plenty – Woody Guthrie
More Than Enough – Roy Bailey
My Land Is a Good Land – Pete Seeger
The Gap ($8,825 An Hour) – Si Kahn
Hard Times Come Again No More – Nanci Griffith
Hard Times – John Lee Hooker
Justice – Toshi Reagon
Ode To The International Debt – Sweet Honey In The Rock
…Until All Are Fed – Bryan Field McFarland and Jacob’s Join
10/15/26-12/31/26 total steps – 199,080
The goal is 1,000,000
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Remembering Dolly Parton
With thanks to everyone who made a suggestion.
Islands In the Stream – Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
9 To 5 – Dolly Parton
I Am Ready – Dolly Parton
Light of a Clear Blue Morning – Dolly Parton
Hard Candy Christmas – Dolly Parton
Jolene – Dolly Parton
JOLENE – Beyoncé
Rainbowland – Miley Cyrus (feat. Dolly Parton)
Please Please Please – Sabrina Carpenter & Dolly Parton
Wildflowers – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
Everything Is Beautiful (In It’s Own Way) – Dolly Parton & Willie Nelson
Eagle When She Flies – Dolly Parton
Jesus & Gravity – Dolly Parton
Long As I Can See the Light – Dolly Parton (feat. John Fogerty)
19th Amendment – Dolly
There Will Be Peace in the Valley for Me – Dolly Parton
Stairway to Heaven – Dolly Parton
Stairway to Heaven – Dolly Parton (feat. Lizzo & Sasha Flute)
I Believe in You – Dolly Parton
Just Because I’m a Woman – Dolly Parton
Here You Come Again – Dolly Parton
Peace Train/Isitimela Sokuthula – Dolly Parton (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
After The Goldrush -Dolly Parton (feat. Alison Krauss, Suzanne Cox & Viktor Krauss)
Travelin’ Thru -Dolly Parton
Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
When Life Is Good Again – Dolly Parton
Filed under Albuquerque, Current Events, Music, playlist
A prayer for the children of Venezuela
Creating God,
the earth split open in Venezuela
dealing destruction we struggle to comprehend,
filling us with horror and grief.
Still we turn to you.
We pray for those who died.
We pray for those who mourn.
We pray for the wounded.
We pray for the missing,
We pray for first responders.
We pray for medical personnel.
We pray for those who search amid the devastation.
We pray for survivors.
Particularly at this moment,
we pray for the children
who struggle to understand what has happened
who have difficulty sleeping
who remember the fear they felt
who worry about another earthquake.
May they know your presence.
May they experience the love of parents.
May they feel the support of friends and family.
May they receive the kindness of the community.
Guide who seek to care for their children
in this challenging time and difficult circumstance.
Grant them compassion and wisdom
to guide them so that they might care wisely and well.
We pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
Inspired by mi hermano Ricardo Corzo Moreno who is in Caracas.
Filed under Current Events, Friends, Prayer
28 June 2026
We remember.
According to the Stonewall Veteran’s Association, the songs on the beginning of this playlist were among the most popular songs in the Stonewall jukebox during the week of the Stonewall Rebellion. The final songs honor Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.
Everybody’s Talkin’ Harry Nilsson
You’ve Made Me So Very Happy – Brenda Holloway
Put a Little Love In Your Heart – Jackie DeShannon
Black Pearl – Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd.
25 Miles – Edwin Starr
Destination: Anywhere – The Marvelettes
Only the Strong Survive – Jerry Butler
Nothing but a Heartache – The Flirtations
Good Lovin’ Ain’t Easy To Come By – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby – Marvin Gaye
In the Ghetto – Elvis Presley
The Nitty Gritty – Gladys Knight & The Pips
Oh Happy Day – The Edwin Hawkins Singers
You Came, You Saw, You Conquered -The Ronettes
Good Morning Starshine – Oliver
One – Three Dog Night
Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
For Marsha P. Johnson – Bryce Dessner
Sylvia Rivera – Jimmi Stone 1
El corrido de Sylvia Rivera – Renee Goust & La Bruja de Texcoco
Marsha P Johnson – Maddie Morris
Marsha P. Johnson, The Amazing – Treetop girl
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27 June 2026
We remember.
According to the Stonewall Veteran’s Association, the songs on this playlist were among the most popular songs in the Stonewall jukebox during the week of the Stonewall Rebellion.
Crystal Blue Persuasion – Tommy James & The Shondells
Grazing In the Grass – The Friends of Distinction
Romeo and Juliet – Henry Mancini
(We’ve Got) Honey Love – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
The More I See You – Chris Montez
Don’t Let the Joneses Get You Down – The Temptations
Before the Parade Passes By – Barbra Streisand
More Today Than Yesterday – The Spiral Starecase
The Young Folks p Diana Ross & The Supremes
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In – The 5th Dimension
It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers
While You’re Out Looking for Sugar – Honey Cone
Don’t Bring Back Memories – Four Tops
The Windmills of Your Mind – Dusty Springfield
My Way – Frank Sinatra
This Is My Life (La Vita) – Shirley Bassey
What Does It Take – Junior Walker & The All Stars
My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
Get Back – The Beatles
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16 June 2026
Soweto Uprising – 1976.
Youth Month in South Africa.
Meadowlands – Spirit of South Africa
Give Us Power A.K.A. Ndiphe Amandla – Original Stage Show Cast of Sarafina!
Fire in Soweto – Sonny Okosuns
Mannenberg – Abdullah Ebrahim
Freedom is Coming Tomorrow – Mbongeni Ngema
Soweto Blues – Miriam Makeba
It’s Wrong (Apartheid) [- Stevie Wonder
Soweto Travels – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir -feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo
Soweto – Lalela Cape Town Choir
Bring Him Back Home – Hugh Masekela
Asimbonanga – Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Nkosi Sikelel’I Afrika – Mahotella Queens
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
12 June 2026
Treadmill. Arterra Fitness Center.
Swimming with Lucy. Arterra Pool.
Remembering Pulse.
Remembering Medgar Evans.
Remembering Paul Robeson.
The Greatest – Sia (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Hands – Various Artists
Love Make the World Go Round – Jennifer Lopez & Lin-Manuel Miranda
Pulse – Chakra Khan
Not Myself – Sharon Van Etten
Razade Mi Colores – Ricky Martin
I Know a Place – MUNA
Misirlou – Kumbia Queers
Here in Spirit – Jim James
Beautiful Strangers – Kevin Morby
Pulse – Mel Hsu
Antonio – Bruno Toro
God Bless the Children – TT the Artist
La Yuta – Dani Umpi
Pulse (The City Beautiful) – Zen Fuse Box
Pulse – Melissa Etheridge
I Am Orlando – Alejandra Ribera
Medgar Evers Lullaby -Judy Collins
Ballad of Medgar Evers – Phil Ochs
Too Many Martyrs – Windborne
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
Paul Robeson – Kay Benson
Paul Robeson – Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Jeanne Humphries & Pete Seeger
Paul Robeson (Born to Be Free) – Black 47
Go Down, Moses- Paul Robeson
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