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22 July 2025

Birthday play list. Played through the day.
Normal rules suspended.
It’s my birthday.
I’ll play what I want.
Cut the Cake – John McCutcheon
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
That’s the Way God Planned It – Billy Preston
Tapestry – Carole King
I Will Find You – Clannad
Idiot Wind – bob Dylan
This Little Light of Mine – Fannie Lou Hamer
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Glory – Common & John Legend
We Shall Remain – Kaolin Johnson
Whiskey in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
These Days – Nico
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes
For a Dancer – Jackson Browne
The Big Fellah – Black 47
Mr. Bojangles – Nina Simone
How Can I Keep from Singing – Eva Cassidy
No Surrender – Bruce Springsteen
Long May You Run – Neil Young
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
The Great Peace March – Holly Near
Let It Be – The Beatles
Younger Men Grow Older – Richie Havens
Carry on Til Tomorrow – Badfinger
Imagine – Willie Nelson
Let the Circle Be Wide – Tommy Sands
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley &The Wailers
Step by Step – Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Weight – Aretha Franklin
Helpless – k.d. lang
Further On – Johnny Cash
My Shot – Hamilton
Cradle to the Grace – Eric Bogle
Find Your Way – Adina Nyree DinaDeen Mardenbergh
Peace Anthem – Sera
A Song of Peace – David LaMotte
This Wheel’s on Fire – The Band
Theme for an Imaginary Western – Mountain
Child of the Wind – Bruce Cockburn
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
Ghosts of Houston Street- Raya Zaragoza
Younger Men Grow Older – Richie Havens
Apple Cider Re-Constitution – Al Stewart
Rock Me on the Water – Annie Humphrey
Charcoal Lane – Archie Roach
Victor Hara – Arlo Guthrie
Streets of London – Ralph McTell
Manhattan Island Serenade – Leon Russell
One Light in a Dark Valley – Harry Chapin
Conquistador – Procol Harum
I Shall Be Released – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Long as I Can See the Light – Joe Cocker
Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam
Who’ll Stop the Rain – Credence Clearwater Revival
After the Goldrush – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmy Lou Harris
Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris
Southbound Train – Graham Nash & David Crosby
The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
It’s All Right to Cry – Rosey Grier
Piper to the End – Mark Knoplfer
Magic Man – Tom Chapin
River of Time – Bill Miller
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
Loch Lomond – Paul Robeson
Jolly Roger – Roger McGuinn
Angie – The Rolling Stones
Old Friends – Simon & Garfunkel
Mother and Child Reunion – Paul Simon
Waiting on the World to Change – Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
The Great Storm Is Over – Bob Framke
The Weight – Playing for Change
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Canticle of the Turning = Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Stand Up – Cynthia Erivo
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers
Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Raise You Up / Just Be – Kinky Boots
Pancho & Lefty -Emmylou Harris
Nkosi Sikelel ‘IAfrica – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Pata Pata 2000 – Miriam Makeba
Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
We March – Prince
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
Rise Up – Andra Day
Fight the Power – Public Enemy
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Simon & Garfunkel
We Are Family (Single Version) – Sister Sledge
All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
There’ll Be Sunshine In The Morning – Jim And Jean Strathdee
When Life Is Good Again – Dolly Parton
Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosanna! – First-Plymouth Congregational Church
Weary Mothers – Joan Baez
White Man’s World – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
The Shire – Howard Shore
The Great Storm Is Over – John McCutcheon
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
Paz Y Libertad – José-Luis Orozco
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron
Singing For Our Lives – Holly Near
I Am a Patriot – Little Steven
Fire Of Freedom – Black 47
Someday We’ll All Be Free – Keb’ Mo’
On The Road Again – Willie Nelson
Blue Sky – Allman Brothers Band3
Calling All the Children Home – Curran Reichert
Singing the Spirit Home – Eric Bogle
The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Flogging Molly
In Search Of York – Jack Gladstone
I Won’t Back Down – Johnny Cash
Love You ‘Till the End – The Pogues
Take Me Away – Roger McGuinn
Jerusalem – Steve Earle
Going Home – Mary Fahl
Tequila Sunrise – The Eagles
Forever Young – Rod Stewart
Forever Young – Rhiannon Giddens & Iron & Wine
Forever Young – Joan Baez
Forever Young – Pete Seeger with The Rivertown Kids

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Purple flowers, guest collection #271

Wisconsin
7 July 2025
Carolyn Cuff

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Purple flowers, guest collectoin #270

Wisconsin
7 July 2025
Carolyn Cuff

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Purple flowers, guest collection #269

Wisconsin
7 July 2025
Carolyn Cuff

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Purple flowers, guest collection #268

Seoul, Korea
July 7, 2025
photo by Sera Chung

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Purple flowers, Cleveland Heights 10

Coventry Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
4 June 2025

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Coventry Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
4 June 2025

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A prayer after Pride month

I thank you, God,
for friends who share photos and stories
of their participation in Pride Parades and events.
The joy, the love, the faith, the freedom,
the courage, the hope, and yes, the pride
in their faces and their bodies
fills my soul with gladness
almost beyond words.
I thank you for their witness.
It touches me profoundly and
deepens my understanding
that you create each of us
in your image and that
each person of
every sexual orientation and
every gender identify
is your beloved child.
I pray, God,
for each friend, each person
who, for whatever reason or reasons,
chose not to participate
in public events.
May they know they are loved by you and
that they too fill my soul with gladness.
Help me remember that Pride
is a focus for a month
and a way to live each day.
Inspire me to love you
and all your children more dearly.
Guide me to work
more faithfully for
a community, a church,
a state, a country, and a world
where everyone knows welcome
and everyone belongs;
where everyone is treated
with dignity and respect;
where all people can participate in Pride events: and
justice and equity prevail for all.
May it be so, Rainbow God.
Amen.

2 July 2025

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Purple flowers, Cleveland Heights 8

Coventry Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
4 June 2025

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Purple flowers, Cleveland Heights 7

Coventry Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
4 June 2025

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