Walking. Albuquerque. La Cueva Oeste neighborhood.
Telling Me Lies – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
tangerine – Kehlani
Baby – Brittany Howard & Syd Jaime
Bunny Hop Dance – Mary Ann Meanus and Verbena Green
연애모드 (feat. 하준) – TARIN
Me Is We – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Dwedini – Miriam Makeba
Confidential – Tina Turner
I’ve Really Fallen For You – Buffy Sainte-Marie
The House That Built Me – Juanita du Plessis
Favorite Year – The Chicks
Johnny Darling – Cynthia Richards
Don’t Say Okay – Mary Black
Straight Talk – Joan Armatrading
I’ll Try Anything (To Get You) – Dusty Springfield
Garrick – Gaby Moreno
Old Soul – The Highwomen
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16 March 2025 walk 2
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16 March 2025 walk 1
Walking. Albuquerque. La Cueva neighborhood.
My Lai Massacre anniversary.
Song for Hugh Thompson – David Rovics
For Hugh Thompson, Who Stood Alone. – The Oaks
Pinkville Helicopter – Thom Parrott
Without You – The Chicks
Waltz Across Texas Tonight – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
Blessing Song – Cornelia Bowannie and Arliss Luna
Burn This Guitar – Melissa Ferrick
You’ve Changed – Eva Cassidy & Chuck Brown
Comme moi – Shakira & Black M
Brothers and Sisters – Mavis Staples
Lonely House – Leyla McCalla
Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt? / The Two Trees – Loreena McKennitt
My Song Will Sound – Rim Banna Voice of Resistance, feat. Bugge Wesseltoft & Checkpoint 303
Dreaming On A World – Tracy Chapman
Thing Called Love – Bonnie Raitt
Bound For Freedom – emma’s revolution
In My Home Over There – Mahalia Jackson
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man – Aretha Franklin
Nokoriga – Hikaru Utada
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Purple, not flowers, trim
Albuquerque, New Mexico
12 February 2025
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Purple, not flowers, door
Albuquerque, New Mexico
12 February 2025
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11 March 2025
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
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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
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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
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Trevor Project’s 45 mile challenge
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.
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27 February 2025
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
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21 February 2025
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
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Along the Graybeard Trail 