Walking 2.25 miles on the track at North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. Would post the time but I can’t figure out how to read the sundial that was used. Stretching. The slow start continues.
For Unto Us A Child Is Born – Core Cotton, Jamecia Bennett, James Wright, Carrie Harrington, Pat Lacy & Sounds of Blackness
O Holy Night – Musiq Soulchild
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Celtic Woman
I Believe In Father Christmas – Glòria
Away in a Manger – Joanne Shenandoah
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear -8 Julie Andrews
Celebra – Black Violin, De La Ghetto, Kevin Marcus Sylvester, Phil Beaudreau & Wilner Baptiste
In dulci jubilo – Choir Of St. George’s Chapel
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – John Legend, feat. Esperanza Spalding
The Longest Night – Peter Mayer
Carol of the Bells 3:15 Pentatonix
Cherry Tree Carol – Sting
Angels We Have Heard on High – Karla Bonoff
The Bushes Of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy – Anthony Rapp & Everett Bradley
Silent Night – The Temptations
Category Archives: Music
17 December 2025
Filed under Advent, Albuquerque, Christmas, Music, playlist
16 December 2025
The comeback begins. Walked slowly in the neighborhood. Did morning stretching.
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem – Darlene Silversmith
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 – Comfort Ye, My People – Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, Etc.; Adrian Boult: London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Gower Wassail – Quadriga Consort
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – Sam Levine
Snowfall – Liz Story
O Little Town Of Bethlehem – Bruce Cockburn
Carol of the Drum / Peace on Earth – Christine Anu, feat. Jay Laga’aia
Feliz Navidad – Daphne Rubin-Vega
We Wish You – Black Violin, Kevin Marcus Sylvester, Phil Beaudreau & Wilner Baptiste
Carol Of The Bells – Natalie Cole
Cradle Song – John Rutter: Clare College Singers & Orchestra
I Wonder as I Wander Joanne Shenandoah
Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Irish Christmas Folk Music
The Stockford Carol – Loreena McKennitt
Filed under Advent, Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
7 October 2025
Hispanic Heritage Month
Prison Trilogy – Joan Baez
BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US – Jessie Reyez
Moscow Mule – Bad Bunny
In the River – Raye Zaragoza
Waiting for Tonight – Jennifer Lopez
Enamorada De Ti – Selena
Good Morning Aztlan – Los Lobos
Ella Tiene Fuego – Celia Cruz
Taquirari De Verano – El Vate
Juana Mayo – Rubén Blades
Las Brumas del Mar – Simón Díaz
Don’t Wanna Lose You – Gloria Estefan
Dia Cero – Agua Clara
Medianoche – Inti Illimani
Cuando Voy Al Trabajo – Victor Jara
The Show Must Go On – Michael Giacchino
Crazy – Linda Ronstadt
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Music, New Mexico, playlist
6 October 2025
Murder of Matthew Shepard.
Birth of Fannie Lou Hamer.
Laramie – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Scarecrow – Deena Rae Turner
The Fence – Peter Katz
Matthew Shepard – Heather Lev
American Triangle – Elton John
Scarecrow – Melissa Etheridge
God Loves Everyone – Ron Sexsmith|
Remaining songs by Fannie Lou Hamer:
Precious Lord
Run Mourner, Run
City Called Heaven
All the Pretty Little Horses
I’m Gonna Land on the Shore
Oh Lord, You Know Just How I Feel
I’m Going Down to the River of Jordan
Jesus Is My Only Friend
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
Walk with Me
This Little Light of Mine
Certainly Lord
Woke up This Morning
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, Music, playlist
2 October 2025
International Day of Non-Violence
Imagine – Avril Lavigne
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding – Keb’ Mo’
Peace Train – People Get Ready – Abraham Jam
The Green Fields of France – Dropkick Murphys
Give Peace A Chance – Aerosmith Feat. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars
Down By the Riverside – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Peace Train/Isitimela Sokuthula – Dolly Parton, feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ahimsa – The Antlers
Nonviolence – Cha$e D’Amico
Pacifist’s Lament – Ani DiFranco
Turn! Turn! Turn!- Pete Seeger
Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan
Weary Mothers – Joan Baez
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Simon & Garfunkel
Let Us All Come Together – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Peter – David LaMotte
Where Have All The Flowers Gone – Dolores Keane, Tommy Sands & Vedran Smailovic
Christmas In The Trenches – John McCutcheon
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda – Eric Bogle
People Get Ready – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Peace And Power – Joanne Shenandoah
Peace Is the Way – Jim & Jean Strathdee
Filed under Current Events, Human Rights, Music, playlist, United Nations
30 September 2025
30 September is observed in Canada as The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day. It is a day of memorial to recognize the atrocities and generational impact committed on First Nations peoples by the Canadian Indian residential school system. It has expanded in the United State as a day to remember the atrocities and generational impact inflicted by the U.S. boarding school system on Indigenous peoples. The Indigenous peoples of Australia had a similar experience.
Lost Souls – Tom Jackson Lost Souls
Residential School Song (Indian Boarding School Song) – Cheryl Bear
Child of the Government – Jayli Wolf
BEFORE – A Tribe Called Red, feat. Joseph Boyden
Apatapasiq – Mike Bern
Battlefields – Twin Flames
Savage Mob – Snotty Nose Rez Kids, feat. Nooky & Birdz
open window – nêhiyawak
Took the Children Away – Archie Roach, Australian Art Orchestra, Paul Grabowsky & Ruby Hunter (the Australian Indigenous experience)
Take Me Home – Indian City
Spirit Horses – Annie Humphrey
The Land of the Blind – Ira Provost
Why Us – N’we Jinan Artists
500 Years – Rhonda Head
Residential School – Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat
Cut My Hair – Digging Roots
Residential School – Chris Pierce
For Our Children – Bryan Akipa
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, Music, playlist
16 September 2025
Mexican Independence; Death of Victor Jara; B.B. King Birthday;
Himno Nacional Mexicano – Banda de Genaro Nuñez & Banda Estudiantil del Estado de Jalisco
Me Gustan los Estudiantes – Tita Parra
El Pueblo Unido Jamàs Serà Vencido – Inti-Illimani
México Lindo – Vicente Fernández
Viva Mexico – Mariachi Veracruz
Mi Ciudad – Lola Beltrán
Pisagua 1973 – Los Miserables
Victor Jara’s Hands – Calexico
Victor Jara – Arlo Guthrie
15 de Septiembre – José Alfredo Jiménez
Estadio Chile – Pete Seeger
Manifiesto – Victor Jara
Juan Sin Tierra – Ska-P
Back Against the Wall – Hogni
It Could Have Been Me – Holly Near
Washington Bullets – The Clash
On My Word Of Honor – B.B. King
You’ve Been An Angel – B.B. King
Blind Love – B.B. King
Filed under Albuquerque, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
On the Feast of San Augustinito at the Pueblo of Isleta, September 3, 2025
The drums beat,
the people continue.
The rattles shake,
the people continue.
The bells jingle,
the people continue.
The dancers move,
the people continue.
The singers chant,
the people continue.
Out of the past,
the people continue.
In the present,
the people continue.
Into the future,
the people continue.
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Friends, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, Prayer
A prayer for water
We went down to the river, Creator,
and no river flowed.
Dried sands,
muddy puddles,
cracked earth.
A bed.
No water. No river.
We walked across
and did not get wet.
Even as we suffer from too little water,
we know there are people and places
with too much water that results
in floods and mudslides,
destruction and death.
We pray for water, Creator,
for water is life.
Send rain to places in need of water.
Hold rain from places with too much water.
Help us all to learn and implement
ways to conserve the water we have.
Lead those who make decisions about
water allocation and sharing
to do so wisely.
Guide us to make responsible decisions
about uses of water
so that this precious resource
sustains life for all your children and this world.
We pray in the name of Jesus,
baptized in the Jordan.
Amen.
Despite its name, the Rio Grande is not that impressive in most parts of Albuquerque. It should look better than it did today.
Filed under Albuquerque, Current Events, Music, New Mexico, Photo, Prayer
12 September 2025 – Death of Steve Biko
Death of Steve Biko.
Steve Biko – Beenie Man
Biko – Peter Gabriel
Steve Biko (Stir It Up) – A Tribe Called Quest
Biko’s Kindred Lament – Steel Pulse
Prisoner – Lucky Dube
Kazet – Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens
Not Yet Uhuru – Letta Mbulu
Tomorrow Nation – O’ Yaba
Hellfire – African Jazz Pioneers
Unfinished Story – Stimela
Biko Drum – Christy Moore
Asimbonanga / Biko – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir Symphonic, feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo
The Death Of Stephen Biko – Tom Paxton
Tribute to Steve Biko – Tappa Zukie
Nkosi Sikelel ‘IAfrica – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 