Albuquerque, New Mexico
12 February 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Photo
Walking. La Cueva neighborhood. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Spit of Love – Bonnie Raitt
Suzanne – Joan Baez
Caress The Smile – Mary Youngblood
LLC – Nicki Minaj
I Want You Back – Dolly Parton
El Arado – Holly Near & Inti Illimani Historico
Cain – Patty Griffin
What I Can Do For You – Sheryl Crow
Angel’s Doorway – Suzanne Vega
Nobody Does It Better – Carly Simon
Floorplan – Tegan & Sara
Treasure Island – Mary Black
Celebration: Raga Manj Khamaj – Anoushka Shankar, Tanmoy Bose & Kenji Ota
It Matters to Me -Faith Hill
If I Needed You – Emmylou Harris
Where You Lead I Will Follow – Carole King
All I Want = Joni Mitchell
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
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
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
Walking for LGBTQIA+ young people!
I am participating in the 45 Mile Outdoor Challenge in March to support The Trevor Project’s mission of ending suicide among LGBTQIA+ young people ages 13-24. (I’ve walked 9.61 miles; 35.39 to go.)
You can participate by donating to my fundraiser (or by signing up to walk yourself). Every dollar you give and every step will go toward affirming the worth of our LGBTQIA+ friends, family and colleagues. The Trevor Project does incredible work to end suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people.
Filed under Exercise, Human Rights
Hiking. Alameda Open Space.
Black History Month
Coolman Baby Archie Roach, Australian Art Orchestra, Paul Grabowsky & Ruby Hunter
Some Other Spring – Billie Holiday
Simbonile – The Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble
See The Light – Earth, Wind & Fire
Gracious – Bobby McFerrin
Can Anyone Ask For Money – Ray Charles
So Far to Go – Common & D’Angelo
(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going To Go – Curtis Mayfield
Too Many Bridges – Archie Roach
Portrait Of An Ermite – Thelonious Monk
Real Real – Nina Simone
Arabesque Cookie – Duke Ellington
Respect Yourself – The Staple Singers
Wheels on the Bus – Gracie’s Corner
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May – Bayard Rustin
DUST/DIVINITY – Joy Oladokun
Mahalla – Carolina Chocolate Drops
Money Is King – Leyla McCalla
Rose Garden – Dobie Gray
Friend – Roberta Flack
Awesome – The Temptations
Everyday Heroes & Heroines – Deidre McCalla
Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Brittany Howard
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, hiking, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Hiking. The Volcanoes. Petroglyph National Monument.
Malcolm X / El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz assassination.
Nina Simone birth.
Black History Month.
Revolution – Nina Simone
I Wish I Knew How I Would Feel to Be Free – Nina Simone
The Malcolm X Jazz Suite – Terence Blanchard
Roll ‘Em Pete – Big Joe Turner
Flying Home – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
My Prayer – The Ink Spots
Big Stuff – Billie Holiday
Don’t Cry Baby – Erskine Childers
Bean and Cornbread – Louis Jordan
Azure – Ella Fitzgerald
Alabama – John Coltrane
That Lucky Old Sun Just Rolls Around Heaven – Ray Charles
Arabesque Cookie – Duke Ellington
Shotgun – Junior Walker & The All Stars
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, hiking, Human Rights, Music, National Park, New Mexico, playlist
Hiking. Sandia Foothills. Stretching.
Black History Month.
Someday We’ll All Be Free – Keb’ Mo’
Mbube – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Love’s In Need of Love Today – The String Queens
Spring Is Here – Ahmad Jamal
Home – Diana Ross, The Wiz: Original Soundtrack
Fly Girl – Queen Latifah
Brand New Second Hand – Peter Tosh
A Sign of the Ages – Gil Scott-Heron
Starlight – Yola
Finally Made Me Happy – Macy Gray
Hard To Love – H.E.R.
I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About In My Song – Mahalia Jackson
Yellow Moon – The Neville Brothers
What Now – Rihanna
Crush – Yuna, feat. Usher
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, hiking, Music, New Mexico, playlist
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
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 