Walking. Gym in the apartment.
Meadowlark Sunrise – Fire Crow
Sacred Praises – Brulé
The Prayer – SupaMan
Akua Tuta (Fais Attention) – Kashtin
You’re A Brave One – Joanne Shenandoah
For My People – Litefoot
Wash Your Spirit Clean – Walela
And We Can Love (World) – Mary Youngblood
Shimmer, Prayer For Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
Red Streaking Into The Water – R. Carlos Nakai
Brave Heart – Luis Cachiguango
Old One Wise One – Thunder Bird Sisters
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Edge of America – Annie Humphrey E
Our Precious Mothers – Bear Fox
Category Archives: Current Events
26 November 2020
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
25 November 2020
Stretching. Walking. Gym in the apartment. NK Body Philosophy.
Q.U.E.E.N. (feat. Erykah Badu) – Janelle Monáe
Control – Janet Jackson
Say Her Name – Bear Fox
Break the Chain – One Billion Rising
One Woman: A Song for UN Women – AAnoushka Shankar, Bassekou Kouyate, Bebel Gilberto, Beth Blatt, Brian Finnegan, Buika, Charice, Cherine Amr, Debi Nova, Emeline Michel, Fahan Hassan, 張靚穎, Jim Diamond, Keith Murrell, Lance Ellington, Marta Gómez, Maria Fried
Confident – Demi Lovato
You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
Sit Still, Look Pretty – Daya
Red Dress (feat. Chantal Kreviazuk) – Amanda Rheaume
Follow Your Arrow – Kacey Musgraves
Fight Like a Girl – Kalie Shorr
I Get Out – Lauryn Hill
Brave – Sara Bareilles
Tere Bina – Avina Shah
Little Black Sandals (Rhapsody Originals) – Sia
I’m OK – Christina Aguilera
Greatest Love of All – Whitney Houston
Good Woman Down – Mary J. Blige
Eagle When She Flies – Dolly Parton
Highwomen – The Highwomen
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist, United Nations
12 October 2020
Walking. Germantown.
Stretching. Strength work. Gym in the apartment. NK Body Philosophy.
For Those Who Cried (Cherokee Removal) – Jack Gladstone
Some How – Nizhóní Girls
Native North American Child – Buffy Sainte-Marie
The Art Of Survival – Bill Miller
Yo Soy Boricua – Taino
Brave Hearts – Brulé
Red Dress (feat. Chantal Kreviazuk) – Amanda Rheaume
No More – Fawn Wood
Rest Of My Days – Indigenous
Broken – Bear Fox
Washita Love Child (With Eric Clapton) – Jesse Ed Davis
Hawai’i ’78 – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
You’re A Brave One – Joanne Shenandoah
Rockin The Res – John Trudell
We Are Here – Sharon Burch
The Prayer – SupaMan
Akua Tuta (Fais Attention) – Kashtin
Tell Them We Exist – Luis Cachiguango
And We Will Fly – Mary Youngblood
Roots And Culture – Native Root
2 Live & Die on the Plains – Frank Waln
Shimmer, Prayer For Cleaning the Water 3:46 Joy Harjo
Wake Up – Pamyua
A Tribe Called Red – Angel Haze
Song Of Hope – Thunder Bird Sisters
Vuelvo – Inti Illimani
Alcatraz – Redbone
Retribution – Tanya Tagaq
How I Feel (feat. Leonard Sumner, Shad & Northern Voice) – A Tribe Called Red
We Shall Remain – Kalolin Johnson
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Louisville, Music, playlist
19 September 2020
Walking. Germantown.
The Long View (A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 9 Songs):
No. 1, Prologue. Foresight – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
No. 2, Celia. An Imagined Letter from 1949 – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
No. 3, Advice from Morris – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
No. 4, On Working Together – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
No. 5, Anita’s Story – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
No. 6, New York, 1961 – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
No. 7, The Elevator Thief – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
No. 8, Dissenter of de Universe. 5 Opinions and a Comment – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
No. 9, Epilogue. The Long View, Questions Answered – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
2 Dickinson Songs: No. 2, Wider Than the Sky – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
Pot Roast à la RBG 4- Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
My Dearest Ruth – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
Scalia/Ginsburg: You Are Searching in Vain for a Bright-Line Solution -Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Louisville, Music, playlist
To remember, to motivate
God of justice,
God of love,
God of grace,
we thank you for the life of
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
We remember her service to our country,
her compassionate, caring heart,
her fierce devotion to fairness,
her persistence in pushing for equity,
her brilliant dissents,
her commitment to pursuing justice for
women, the LGBTQ community, and people pushed to the margins.
We marvel at the incredible courage and grace
she publicly displayed in the face of illness.
We are grateful that she
“used whatever talent she had
to do her work to the very best of her ability”
and that she helped
“to repair tears in her society,
to make things a little bettert
hrough the use of whatever ability she has.”
We give thanks for the life of
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
May her memory be a blessing.
Amen.
Note: the words in quotations are quotes from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Filed under Current Events, Human Rights, Prayer
12 September 2020
Walking. Slow jogging. Germantown. #Gaza5K
This playlist was built before the date of the Gaza 5K had been announced.
There are parallels.
Steve Biko – Beenie Man
Steve Biko (Stir It Up) – A Tribe Called Quest
Biko – Peter Gabriel
Biko’s Kindred Lament – Steel Pulse
The Death Of Stephen Biko – Tom Paxton
Long Walk To Freedom (Halala South Africa) – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Prisoner – Lucky Dube
Kazet – Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens
Not Yet Uhuru – Letta Mbulu
Tomorrow Nation – O’ Yaba
Hellfire – African Jazz Pioneers
Unfinished Story – Stimela
Nkosi Sikelel ‘IAfrica – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, Louisville, Music, Photo, playlist
11 September 2020
Stretching. Gym in the apartment. NK Body Philosophy.
Walking. Germantown.
Mychal – Black 47
One Morning In Bar Harbour – Eric Bogle
Into The Fire – Bruce Springsteen
Believe – Yellowcard
Rules – Wu-Tang Clan
Hole In the Sky – Juliana Hatfield
Our Town – Linda Bonadies
I Can’t See New York – Tori Amos
My Last Breath – Evanescence
Heroes – David Bowie
Out of Our Heads – Sheryl Crow
The Proud – Talib Kweli Quality
The Bravest – Tom Paxton
I Heard an Owl – Carrie Newcomer
Akai Inochi (Featuring Erykah Badu) – MISIA
Tuesday – Five for Fighting
Welcome To the Rock – Come From Away
38 Planes – Come From Away
On That Day – Leonard Cohen
Manifiesto – Victor Jara Manifiesto
Venceremos – Ventiscka
Compañero Presidente – Angel Parra
Filed under Current Events, Louisville, Music, playlist
A prayer from Fr. Mychal Judge
Lord, take me where You want me to go;
Let me meet who You want me to meet;
Tell me what You want me to say;
And keep me out of Your way.
FDNY Chaplain
5/11/33 — 9/11/01
Filed under Current Events, New York, Prayer
I saw Roberto Clemente play … and live
As Major League Baseball celebrated Roberto Clemente Day on Septmber 9, I was moved by the posts honoring this amazing man. Viewing photos, watching videos, sharing posts, memories flooded over me.
A friend shared a post by a baseball fan lamenting never seeing Clemente, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ great right fielder from 1955 until his untimely death in 1972 play. “If there’s one athlete, past or present, that I wish I could have seen play, it would be Roberto Clemente.”
I understand the sentiment. Because I saw Clemente play. And I am forever grateful.
At Forbes Field and at Three Rivers Stadium, I had the privilege to see Roberto Clemente play. On numerous occasions, I saw him play with the skill and grace and passion that few brought to the game. Slashing hits. Unmatched arm. He covered right field like a blanket. He ran the bases with abandon.
But as great a player as he was, Roberto Clemente was an even greater human being. He cared for children, offering clinics in Puerto Rico and Pittsburgh. He advocated for civil rights. He demanded that he be treated justly as he challenged the systemic racism that permeated baseball and society.
Interviewed after he led the Pirates to victory in the 1971 World Series, Roberto Clemente spoke first to his parents – in Spanish. There was not a dry eye in my house. I suspect there was not a dry eye in many places. Tears fell in puddles when Clemente died on a humanitarian mission to aid the people of Nicaragua.
Yes. I saw Roberto Clemente play. More importantly, I saw Roberto Clemente live. And I am better for it.
Filed under Baseball, Current Events, Human Rights, Photo, Pittsburgh Pirates
9 September 2020
Stretching. Gym in the apartment. NK Body Philosophy.
Walking. Germantown.
Te Recuerdo – John McCutcheon
Take Me Out To The Ball Game – Jaqueline Schwab
Sueño De Un Niño – Tito Allen
Somos La Fuerza Latina – Andy Montañez & Ismael Miranda
Roberto Y Tirabala – Andy Montañez
Roberto – Ismael Miranda
Orgullo De Borinquen – Lefty Pérez
Lo Mejor Que Dios Ha Hecho – Ángel Ramírez
Jugando La Pelota – Jesús “Chocolate” Coombs
Jardinero Del Amor – Wichi Camacho
Forever Young – Pete Seeger With The Rivertown Kids
Clemente (Estrella 21) – Edel Borrero
Filed under Baseball, Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, Pittsburgh Pirates, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 