Walking. Goochland.
All songs by Joanne Shenandoah. With thanks.
Treaty
Mother of Nations
Prophecy Song
When Eyes Meet
Kaluhyanu:Wes
I Am Your Friend
Kahaku’nuyhe
Aiionwatha Forgives
Dance of the North
Katsitsi:Yos
The Four Legged Ones
Deer Dance
Path of Beauty
Kahawi’tha
Peace and Power
Missing You
Please Sign Here
You’re a Brave One
Category Archives: Current Events
24 November 2021
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Music, playlist
He’s in Hospice – Stop the Execution of Gerald Pizzuto Jr. in Idaho
The state of Idaho prepares to execute a man in hospice.
The crimes of which Gerald Pizzuto, Jr. was convicted are horrible. I grieve for the families of Berta Herndon and her nephew Del Herndon.
But the execution of Pizzuto will not bring the Herndons back. There are many reasons to oppose executions. Executions lower us to the level of those who kill. The violence of an execution feeds violence. Executions negate any possibility of repentance and restoration. Executions do not deter crime. In this case, there is the additional reality that Pizzuto is terminally ill. Killing Pizzuto would be cruel and unnecessary. Sign this petition to Idaho’s governor and the state Pardons and Parole Commission to grant clemency, call off the execution, and allow Pizzuto to die a natural death.
Gerald Pizzuto’s attorney notes: “At 64, Mr. Pizzuto is a frail shell of the man he once was. He has stage 4 cancer and is approaching natural death. The idea that such a sick, feeble man presents enough of a danger to society that he must be executed is far-fetched.” For more than a year, Pizzuto has been in hospice care on Idaho’s death row, suffering from advanced bladder tumors, along with type 2 diabetes, and a variety of heart and lung diseases. According to his defense team, he’s been prescribed 42 different drugs in the last year, and his medical records say he has “begun experiencing memory loss and mild disorientation associated with the death process”.
Pizzuto does not deny his responsibility for the murders of Berta Herndon and Del Herndon. His clemency petition notes that he “is not making excuses for the 1986 deaths of Berta and Delbert Herndon.
He accepts responsibility for his role in their murders and is remorseful for their deaths. He has
carried those regrets for 34 years on death row.” You can read the clemency petition here (including horrific details about abuse he endured in his childhood that left him with brain damage).
Killing Pizzuto would be unnecessary and cruel. That cruelty could extend to the state workers asked to carry out the execution of a prisoner in such a debilitated condition. This might well leave them with lifelong burdens known to exist with other former executioners. Please sign this petition urging that the execution of Pizzuto be cancelled. Please pray for those who love Berta Herndon and Del Herndon.
Filed under Capital Punishment, Current Events, Death Penalty, Human Rights
20 November 2021
Stretching. NK Body Philosophy. Walking. Goochland
For Marsha P. Johnson – Bryce Dessner
Boy Girl Wonder – Bitch and Animal
Queer – Garbage
You Are My Sister – Antony & The Johnsons
Who Am I to Feel So Free – JD Samson & MEN
Lola – The Kinks
I Wonder What Happened To Him – Noël Coward
Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
Transgender Dysphoria Blues – Against Me!
I Am Her – Shea Diamond
Candy Says – The Velvet Underground
iT – Christine and the Queens
Warrior Heart – Shawnee
Dark Passenger – The Cliks
Wig in a Box – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Cameron – Jillette Johnson
We’re the Cool Kids – Ryan Cassata
A Girl Called Johnny – The Waterboys
El Lado Mas Bestia de la Vida – Albert Pia
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone – Buffy Sainte-Marie
American Indian Movement Song – Blackfire
Alcatraz – Redbone
Alcatraz (Pelican Island) – Malvina Reynolds
ALie Nation – A Tribe Called Red, feat. John Trudell, Lido Pimienta, Tanya Tagaq, & Northern Voice)
Never Say Never – Romeo Void
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Music, playlist
11 October, part 2
Walking. Stretching. Gym in the Apartment. NK Body Philosophy.
Native North American Child – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Yo So Boricua – Taino
Red Dress – Amanda Rheaume, feat. Chantel Kreviazuk
No More – Fawn Wood
Standing Alone – Buddy Red Bow
Rest of My Days – Indigenous
Hawai’i ’78 – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Rockin the Res – John Trudell
We Are Here – Sharon Burch
The Prayer – Supaman
Golden Sun Goddess – Jesse Ed Davis
2 Live & Die on the Plains – Frank Waln
Shimmer, Prayer for Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
Wake Up – Pamyua
Chant: 13th Hour – Redbone
A Tribe Called Red – Angel Haze
Retribution – Tanya Tagaq
Edge of America – Annie Humphrey
We Shall Remain – Kaolin Johnson
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music
11 October 2021, part 1
Walking. Stretching. Gym in the Apartment. NK Body Philosophy.
True Colors – Cyndi Lauper
Proud – Heather Small
Freedom! ’90 – George Michael
Born This Way – Lady Gaga
Girls and Boys – Blur
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
I Am Her – Shea Diamond
I’m Coming Out – Diana Ross
Elton’s Song – Elton John
That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Q.U.E.E.N. – Janelle Monae feat. Eraykah Badu
Take Your Mama – Scissor Sisters
Silent Legacy – Melissa Etheridge
Constant Craving – k.d. lang
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
30 September 2021
Today, September 30, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS), along with other Native American individuals, groups, and marks a National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools. This aligns with the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation that is observed in Canada for residential school survivors. It is also called Orange Shirt Day to honor the story of one girl whose treasured orange shirt given to her by her grandmother was taken away from her at residential school. The orange shirt has come to symbolize awareness for the children who died or went missing at these institutions. NABS has orange t-shirts available to purchase. Time for education and action.
Walking. Germantown.
Stretching. Gym in the apartment.
Lost Souls – Tom Jackson
Residential School Song – Cheryl Bear
Child of the Government – Jayli Wolf
My Country ’tis of Thy People You’re Dying – Buffy Sainte-Marie
BEFORE – A Tribe Called Red, feat. Joseph Boyden
Warrior Heart – Shawnee
Apatapasiq – Mike Bern
Battlefields – Twin Flames
Save Mob – Snotty Nose Rez Kids, feat. Nooky & Birdz
open window – nehiyawak
Drums – John Densmore & Floyd Westerman
How I Feel – A Tribe Called Red, feat. Leonard Sumner, Shad & Northern Voice
Took the Children Away – Archie Roach
Take Me Home – Indian City
Spirit Horses – Annie Humphrey
He Can Fancy Dance – Cindy Paul
The Land of the Blind – Ira Provost
Why Us – N’we Jinan Artists
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Louisville, Music, playlist
National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools
Today, September 30, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS), along with other Native American individuals, groups, and allies will honor a National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools. This aligns with the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation that is honored in Canada for residential school survivors. It is also called Orange Shirt Day to honor the story of one girl whose treasured orange shirt given to her by her grandmother was taken away from her at residential school. The orange shirt has now come to symbolize awareness for the children who died or went missing at these institutions. We encourage everyone to wear orange shirts, raise awareness on that day to educate others, and attend or host community healing events. NABS has orange t-shirts available to purchase.
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights
11 September 2021
Walking. Germantown.
Mychal – Black 47
One Morning In Bar Harbour – Eric Bogle
Believe – Yellowcard
Rules – Wu-Tang Clan
Hole In the Sky – Juliana Hatfield
Our Town – Linda Bonadies
I Can’t See New York – Tori Amos
Heroes – David Bowie
Out of Our Heads – Sheryl Crow
If This Is Goodbye – Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
The Bravest – Tom Paxton
I Heard an Owl – Carrie Newcomer
Akai Inochi (Featuring Erykah Badu) – MISIA
Tuesday – Five for Fighting
The Proud – Talib Kweli
On That Day – Leonard Cohen
Let’s Roll – Neil Young
Empty Sky – Bruce Springsteen
Venceremos – Ventiscka
Compañero Presidente – Angel Parra
Manifiesto – Victor Jara
Prayer – Come from Away
Filed under Current Events, New York
A prayer, September 11, 2021
Gracious God,
twenty years on
we remember.
We remember
your precious children killed in
New York
Washington, DC,
Shanksville.
We remember
your precious children killed in
Afghanistan
Iraq
and around the world.
We remember
death
wounded bodies
wounded spirits
wounded souls.
We remember
acts of terror
acts of valor
acts of violence
acts of peace.
We remember
fear
anger
hate
prejudice.
We remember
kindness
courage
grace
generosity.
We remember
people coming together to
reach out
weep
sing
embrace
care.
We remember
songs ended
songs gone
songs created
songs begun
songs lived
songs shared.
Remembering,
may we take bold, faith-filled, hopeful steps
to unlearn the ways of war and
turn to ways that might make peace between people;
to overcome fear of one another
and recognize the dignity and value of every person;
to seek understanding of suffering
and nurture the empathy needed to work to alleviate it; and
to walk the paths of love
that leads to peace and justice.
Remembering Jesus,
in response to your Holy Spirit,
we pray. Amen.
with thanks to Shannan Vance-Ocampo, Chris Shelton, leaders of the United Church of Christ and Come from Away
Filed under Current Events, Family, Friends, New York, Prayer
Demand Justice for Kaysera Stops Pretty Places
Two years ago, 18-year-old Kaysera Stops Pretty Places (Crow) was murdered in Big Horn County, Montana. Since her murder, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office, and the Montana Department of Justice have done nothing to undertake a criminal investigation. We will not stand for this – law enforcement must be held accountable. Kaysera’s family, in collaboration with National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, Sovereign Bodies Institute, Rising Hearts, Elite Feats, and Bethany Yellowtail, are advocating for justice in Kaysera’s name. Help demand #JusticeforKaysera by learning more and take action through the Kaysera website. Join NIWRC’s Twitter Storm on 9/9 and the Justice for Kaysera 5K/10K Virtual Walk/Run.
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights
Along the Graybeard Trail 