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Purple flowers, guest collection #119

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Photo by Beth Handler
Whitestone, New York

30 May 2020

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Purple flowers, guest collection #127

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Photo by Laura VanDale
Lakewood, Ohio
9 June 2020

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Purple flowers, guest collection #118

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Photo by Beth Handler
Whitestone, New York

30 May 2020

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Purple flowers, guest collection #113

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Lakewood, Ohio
24 May 2020

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24 May 2020

Walking (under strict conditions). Morningside Gardens. Pacing. The Shire,
Following songs by Carter Anderson:
Not the Last Gentleman
Daddy’s Little Trip
Left in the Dark
The One That Got Away
I Apologize
The One I Want
Because You Love Me
Don’t Want to Get Away
Is My Love Enough
Will You Marry Me
You Make my Day

Following songs by  Bob Dylan:
Shelter from the Storm
One More Cup of Coffee
Positively Fourth Street
My Back Pages
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
All Along the Watchtower
Like a Rolling Stone
Mississipi
The Times They Are A-Changing
Girl from the North Country (with Johnny Cash)
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Blowing in the Wind
Idiot Wind
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Everybody (30th Anniversary Concert – BobFest)

C’est Moi – Camelot (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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“Mountains, deserts, rivers, boats and seas”

Check out this work by a couple of my friends. On Magdalena’s blog (link below), it first appears en Español and then in English.

A litany of affirmation for the church dispersed by the coronavirus
by Magdalena I. García

“And Jesus said to him, ‘Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’” (Matthew 8:20, NRSV)

“It offends me [that politicians demand that our temples be open] because such assertions pretend to limit the worship of God’s people to a building, […] because Jesus was a teacher of mountains, deserts, rivers, boats and seas.”
– Marissa Galván-Valle

A bit of the litany in English:

We worship from our homes,
Mountain Teacher,
because our gratitude goes beyond
the sanctuary pews and the temple walls

We reflect in isolation,
Desert Mystic,
because our soul is strengthened
by the silence of active listening and the quietness of your presence.

Check out A litany of affirmation for the church dispersed by the coronavirus
by Magdalena I. García

 

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Purple flowers, guest collection #115

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photo by Laura VanDale
19 May 2020

Lakewood, Ohio

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Purple flowers, guest collection #114

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photo by Laura VanDale
19 May 2020

Lakewood, Ohio

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13 May 2020

Pacing. Stretching. The Shire.
All songs by Stevie Wonder.
Happy Birthday
My Cherie Amour
Have a Talk with God
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Superstition
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Ordinary Pain
Higher Ground
Living for the City
I Just Called to Say I Love You
As
Sir Duke
Pastime Paradise
Isn’t She Lovely
Blowin’ in the Wind
For Once in My Life
Shelter in the Rain
Rainbow High – Evita (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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10 May 2020

Posted a day late.
The first portion is the second half of the Love & Hope in the Age of COVID-19 playlist by Ester Sihite. Sean provided the song for the Playbill 30-Song Challenge. There are tributes to Little Richard and Betty Wright.
Pacing. The Shire.
Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I’ll Follow the Sun – The Beatles
My  Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Holy – Jamila Woods
All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers
Flashed Junk Mind – Milky Chance
Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae
FourFiveSeconds – Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney
Lovely Day – Bill Withers
Calling All Angels – Train
Cecilia and the Satellite – Andrew McMahon
May This Be Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
I Know Him So Well – Chess (Playbill 30-day Challenge, thanks Sean)
Rock Island Line – Little Richard with Fishbone

Little Richard
Lucille
The Girl Can’t Help It
Tutti Frutti
Send Me Some Lovin’
Long Tall Sally
Get Down with It
True Fine Mama
Jenny, Jenny
Good Golly, Miss Molly
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Anyway You Want Me
You Gotta Feel It

Betty Wright
Clean Up Woman
Tonight Is the Night
Where Is the Love

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