Walking. Albuquerque. The Shire to Narnia.
Spring equinox.
Spring – Tracy Chapman –
Beech Spring – Lewis & Clark – Original Soundtrack Recording
Copland: Appalachian Spring – Very Slowly – Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Copland: Appalachian Spring – Allegro – Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Copland: Appalachian Spring – Moderato – Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Copland: Appalachian Spring – Fast – Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Copland: Appalachian Spring – Subito Allegro – Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Copland: Appalachian Spring – As At First (Slowly) – Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Copland: Appalachian Spring – Doppio Movimento – Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic
Copland: Appalachian Spring – Moderato, Coda – Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Le Sacre du Printemps – Pt. I: I. Introduction – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: II. The Augurs of Spring: Dances of the Young Girls – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: III. Ritual of Abduction – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: IV. Spring Rounds – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: V. Ritual of the Rival Tribes – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: VI. Procession of the Sage – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: VII. The Sage – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: VIII. Dance of the Earth – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps – Pt. 2: IX. Introduction p Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: X. Mystic Circles of the Young Girls – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: XI. Glorification of the Chosen One – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: XII. Evocation of the Ancestors – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: XIII. Ritual Action of the Ancestors – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Le Sacre du Printemps: XIV. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) – Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
Sparrows in the Spring Grass – Jessita Reyes
The Sun Shines – Ojibway People
Travelling Through Wonders – Marie & Julia Thomsen
My Fellow Creatures -5 Carlos Cipa
Spring – Hania Rani
Ostara – Lisa Thiel
Serenade To Spring – Secret Garden
The Lullaby of Spring – Donovan
Spring In Manhattan – Meredith d’Ambrosio
The Harvest Home Suite: Spring – Jay Ungar
Herald of Spring – Peter Ostroushko
Sakamoto’s Spring – TOKiMONSTA
Silent Spring – emma’s revolution
So Early, Early In the Spring – Judy Collins
Some Other Spring – Billie Holiday
Spring Is Here – Ahmad Jamal
Spring Always Takes You By Surprise – Lydia Adams Davis
Spring Sunshine – Roh Young Sim
The Springtime It Brings On the Shearing – Seona McDowell
Springtime Laughter – Spyro Gyra
summerfallwinter spring – JANNABI
Vivaldi – Spring (After The Four Seasons, RV 269) – Black Violin
When Springtime Comes Again – Verm Williams
Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 “La Primavera” (Spring): I. Allegro – Joshua Bell & Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 “La Primavera” (Spring): II. Largo – Joshua Bell & Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 “La Primavera” (Spring): III. Allegro – Joshua Bell & Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Four Seasons – Melanie Durrant
Here Comes The Sun – Richie Havens
Here Comes the Sun – Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor, Arnold McCuller, David Lasley, Kate Markowitz, Andrea Zonn & Caroline Taylor
Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
Category Archives: Current Events
20 March 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, Current Events, Exercise, Family, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Stand for Compassion – Praying for our refugee and immigrant neighbors
Join Church World Service this Lent as we unite in prayer as an ecumenical community. Every other Friday at 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT, beginning this Friday, March 14, we will Stand for Compassion—lifting up prayers for our refugee and immigrant neighbors.
Register for the series here: https://bit.ly/3DBA5eR
Filed under Current Events, Human Rights, Prayer
Breath prayers inspired by Isaiah 40:31
Inhale: I wait upon you, Creator.
Exhale: Renew my strength.
Inhale: I wait upon you, Holy Spirit.
Exhale: Restore my energy.
Inhale: I wait upon you, Christ.
Exhale: Rekindle my imagination.
Amen.
Filed under Albuquerque, Current Events, Prayer
10 March 2025
Walking in the neighborhood. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Remembering and honoring Harriet Tubman. This is the date of her death; an unknown day in March is believed by many to be her date of birth.
Swing Low. Sweet Chariot – Joan Baez
The Ballad of Harriet Tubman – Magpie
Go Down, Moses – Mavis Staples
Harriet Tubman – Holy Near
Harriet Tubman – Kim & Reggie Harris
Stand Up – Cynthia Erivo
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
Oh Freedom – Mary D. Williams
Wade in the Water – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Woke up This Morning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Gospel Train – The Gospel Harmonettes
Follow the Drinking Gourd – The Sey Sisters
Harriet Tubman – HolyGhost HotBoy
Harriet Tubman – Wynton Marsalis
Harriet Tubman – University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
8 March 2025
International Women’s Day
One Woman: A Song for UN Women
Gentle Rebellion – Rebecca Riots
Compassion – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Feel Like A Natural Woman – Carole King
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Just Because I’m a Woman – Dolly Parton
Transgender Dysphoria Blues – Against Me!
Born This Way – Lady Gaga
I Am Woman – Helen Reddy
Independent Women, Pt. 1 – Destiny’s Child
Break the Chain – One Billion Rising
Walk Beside Me – Celtic Woman
Racist, Sexist Boy – The Linda Lindas
I Will Not Be Denied – Bonnie Raitt
Motherland – Natalie Merchant
Run the World – Beyonce
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
I AM WOMAN – Emmy Meil
And We Can Love (World) – Mary Youngblood
Ella’s Song – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Imagine – Eva Cassidy
Find Your Way – Adina Nyree
I Am a Woman – Ruby Hunter
I Am Her – Shea Diamond
Warrior Heart – Sjawmee
All That You Have Is Your Soul – Tracy Chapman
Brave New World – Sera
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
Four Women – Nina Simone
Ain’t I a Woman (Singing Truth) – Pauline Jean
Filed under Current Events, Music, playlist, United Nations
Remembering Emily Pike
8 March 2025
This playlist is in honor of Emily Pike and all the Missing and Murdered
Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People and all who grieve for them.
Emily Pike, a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, left a group home in Mesa, Arizona in late January. Her remains were found on February 14. Her disappearance and death is an example of the violence endured by Native women, girls and Two Spirit people. Frequently in such cases, law enforcement and the larger community are slow to respond. This has given rise to MMIWG2S+ campaigns. The PC(USA) Day of Action No More Stolen Relatives: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People lifted up this issue and provides resources.
Red Dress – Amanda Rheaume (feat. Chantal Kreviazuk)
You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
Run Sister Run – Cass McCombs
Through The Flood – Indian City
Say Her Name – Bear Fox
To All MMIW – Northern Cree
Highway of Tears – Layla Zoe
The Highway – N’we Jinan Artists, Kitsumkalum First Nation, BC
Break the Silence – N’we Jinan Artists, Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Pray Sister Pray – Crystal Shawanda
Missing You – Joanne Shenandoah
Little Star – iskwē acākosīk
M.M.I.W. (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) – Jahkota [feat. LB, Drezus & Cleo Big Eagle]
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights
7 March 2025
Walking. Albuquerque.
60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma.
Freedom Songs: Selma. Alabama provided a primary resource for the first part of the playlist.
Remembering courage and grace and faith.
Woke up This Morning – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers
This Little Light of Mine – Workers in Selma at Mass for Jimmie Lee Jackson
God Will Take Care of You – Hosea Williams and Marchers
Steal Away/Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Hosea Williams and Marchers
Come by Here – Marchers
Berlin Wall – Marchers
Oh, Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Which Side Are You On? – James Orange and Protestors
Everybody Wants Freedom – Demonstrators a March
Freedom Now – Demonstrators at March
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Demonstrators at March
Oh, Wallace – Band 1
Get on Board – Band 2
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round – Two Little Girls at March
We Shall Overcome – Workers in Selma at March
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round – James Orange and Youth
Which Side Are You On? – James Orange and Youth
Lonesome Valley – Bayard Rustin & James Farmer
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Mahalia Jackson
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me -Fisk Jubilee Singers & Ruby Amanfu
Let Freedom Ring (The Ballad of John Lewis) – Dee Daniels
Still on the Bridge – Claudia Schmidt & Sally Rogers
Remembering D’Wayne Wiggins and Roy Ayers
The Blues – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Little Walter – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Feels Good – Tony! Toni! Toné!
It Never Rains (In Southern California) – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Whatever You Want – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Everybody Loves the Sunshine – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Heat of the Beat – Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson
Running Away – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Mystic Voyage – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
You’ve Got the Power -Roy Ayers
Black Family – Roy Ayers
And Then We Were One – Roy Ayers
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
1 March 2025
Shche ne Vmerly v Ukrainy i slava, i volia (instrumental) – Glocal Orchestra
Shche ne Vmerly v Ukrainy i slava, i volia (vocal) – Glocal Orchestra
Let’s Sing about Ukraine – Brothers Ivan
O Ukraine, Our Beloved Mother – Brothers Ivan
Prayer for Ukraine – Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
Various Songs – Made in Ukraine
The Water Flows into the Sea – Brothers Ivan
Why, Oh, Why, My Native Land – Brothers Ivan
Filed under Current Events, Human Rights, New Mexico
19 February 2025
Walking. Morning movement.
Anniversary of internment of Japanese Americans
Kenji – Fort Minor
Summer of ’42 – Kishi Bashi
Resist – Allegiance
Manzanar – Channel 3
Manzanar – Laurie Lewis
Manzanar – Tom Paxton & Anne Hills
How Can You Go? – Lea Salonga & Telly Leung
Wishes on the Wind – Lea Salonga & Telly Leung
Allegiance – Allegiance
Our Time Now – Allegiance
Stronger Than Before – Lea Salongs & Katie Rose Clark
Still a Chance – Allegiance
Sands of Manzanar – Yukiko Matsuyama & Hirotaka Ogawa
I Remember – Beth DeSombre
Asian American History – Jason Chu & Alan Z
We are the Children – Nobuko Miyanmoto, feat. Derek Najamoto
120,000 Stories – Nobuko Miyanmoto, feat. Mike Penny & George Abe
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
45 Mile Outdoor Challenge for The Trevor Project
I’ve signed up for the 45 Mile Outdoor Challenge for The Trevor Project because this cause is close to my heart. I want to take action and make an impact. And I would love your help. Whether you donate $5 or $500, every bit counts. I’ve set an ambitious goal because I know that with support from people like you, I can get there.
The Trevor Project’s mission is to end suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people. Learn more here: thetrevorproject.org.
Thank you for your support!
William (that’s my first name) MARK
Filed under Albuquerque, Current Events, Exercise, Friends, New Mexico
Along the Graybeard Trail 