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26 December 2023

Walking. Stretching.
Albuquerque.
Remembering the Dakota men executed one hundred sixty years ago this day.
St. Stephen’s Day.
King Wenceslas.
Treaties – Frank Waln
Intertribal Song – Dakota Nation & Red Bull United Tribes International
Standing Alone – Buddy Red Bow
Reflections of Paha Sapa – Bryan Akipa
The Moon Is Shining – Indigenous
Round Dance – Dakota Nation & Red Bull United Tribes International
Peyote Healing – Robbie Robertson
Thunder Horse – Kevin Locke
Lakota Forever – Brule
Many and Great (Dakota) – Jon Sarta (this was sung by the men to be executed as they were taken to the gallows)
Good King Wenceslas / Rakes Of Mallow – The Boys of County Bucks
Good King Wenceslas – The Roches
The Wren in the Furze – The Chieftains
St. Stephen’s Day Murders – Elvis Costello

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25 December 2023

Walk. Albuquerque.
Snow on the Sandias.
Canticle of the Turning – Princeton Seminary Choir
Happy Christmas – Angelique Kidjo
Cry of a Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
The Bushes of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains & Jackson Browne
We Are Christmas – Spelman Glee Club
Away in a Manger – The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. George Clinton & Robert Randolph
We Wait for You – The Many
Mary’s Boy Child – Harry Belafonte
The First Noel – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
It Came upon the Midnight Clear – Mahalia Jackson
Silent Night – Aretha Franklin
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Dolly Parton

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24 December 2023 – The Christmas Truce

No focused exercise.
The 1914 Christmas Truce.
Snoopy’s Christmas – The Royal Guardsmen
Christmas Truce – Sabaton
Pipes of Peace – Paul McCartney
1914, the Carol of Christmas – Military Voices & Abby Scott, feat. Flt Lt Matt Little, the RAF Spitfire Choir & William Inscoe
Let the Truce Be Known – Orphaned Land
Christmas 1914 – John McDermott
It Could Happen Again – Colin Raye
All Together Now – The Farm
Christmas True of 1914 – Joyce Cooling
The Christmas True – Carol Dowgiallo & Bob Dowgiallo
Ode to the Christmas Truce of 1914 – Marshall Hattersley
Christmas Truce – Fenya
The Christmas Truce – Gloucester Cathedral Choir, Adrian Partington, Jonathan Hope, Sacha Fullerton, Jack Parry, Deryck Webb & Nicholas Perfect
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
Silent Night/Stille Nacht – John McCutcheon

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24 December 2023

No real exercise.
Cooked and lit luminaries in Albuquerque.
Snow on the Sandias.
Holy Night/Rise Up Shepherd – Jersey Boys Ensemble
For Unto Us a Child Is Born – Core Cotton, Jamecia Bennett, James Wright, Carrie Harrington, Pat Lacy & Sounds of Blackness
Cry of a Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
The Bushes of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains and Jackson Browne
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Midnight Christmas Eve -Trans-Siberian Orchestra
O Holy Night – Indigo Girls
Away in a Manger – Jack Gladstone
Sweet Little Jesus – Natalie Cole
The Huron Carole – Tom Jackson
Noisey Night – david m. bailey
Silent Night – Christine Anu
Christmas Eve – Robert Mirabel
Silent Night – Sweet Honey in the Rock

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21 October 2023

Walking. Germantown.
Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
When They Ring the Golden Bells – Natalie Merchant
Tana’ke – Jana
Shiver Me Timbers – Belle Midler
Renegade – Styx
The Tower of Cirith Ungol – Howard Shore
A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
Broken Clocks – SZA
Crystal Canyon – R. Carlos Nakai
Tears of Rage – The Band
Scooter Boys – Indigo Girls
Harbor Lights – Bruce Hornsby
Boogie on Reggae Woman
Good Hair – Outast
Soldier’s Song – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

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15 October 2023

Walking. Stretching. Germantown.
Latin American Heritage Month.
Good Morning Aztlan – Los Lobos
Vida – Ruben Blades
Ice al Hielo – La Santa Cecilia
Almost Like Praying – Lin-Manuel Miranda, feat. Artists for Puerto Rico
El Derecho De Vivir En Paz – Victor Jara
Llueve sobre la ciudad – Los Bunkers
Patria Querida – Los Guaracheros De Oriente
Ghosts of Houston Street – Raye Zagora
Dime Mi Amour – Los Lonely Boys
Agua Que Va Caer
Luna Grande – Los Vikingos Del Norte
El Baile de los Que Sobran – Los Prisioneros
Yo Soy Baricua – Taino
A La Huella – Suni Paz
Ignorantes – Bad Bunny & Sech
Los Dos Gallos – Los Miserables
El Gatillo – Calexico

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7 October 2023

Indigenous Peoples Day Virtual 5K. Walking.
Rising Hearts. ‘Āina Momona.
We Are Circling – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
You Got to Run – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
K;eintah Natse Ju – Leila Giday
Tasiulaurluk (Isuarsivik Anthem) – Beatrice Deer & Juurini
We Were Here – Aysanabee
Do About Her – Amanda Rheaume
Minha força – Kaê Guajajara feat. Canário Negro & NELSON D
Qanniuguma – Elisapie feat. Beatrice Deer
Nada – Lido Primicenta feat. Li Saumet
Orgullosa Soy Raíz – Maria Reyna
Easier and Harder – William Prince
Nightmares and the American Dream – Annie Humphrey
We Are Here – Sharon Burch
Ethnocide – Supaman, feat. Walking Buffalo
Once an Eagle – Tegan Littlechief
As Long as the Grass Will Grow – Bill Miller
Song of Hope – Thunder Bird Sisters
Indian City – A Tribe Called Red feat. Northern Voice
I Have No Indian Name – Walela
[Silence] Is a Weapon – Blackfire
We the People – Brule
Sacred Directions – Bryan Akipa
My People – Frank Waln
Hawai’i ’78 – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Sovereignty Song – Keali`i Reichel
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Island Style – John Cruz
Aloha ʻIa Nō ʻO Maui – Nā Wai ʻEhā
Going to Hana Maui – Various Artists
Rainbow Country – Paul Izak

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4 October 2023

Walking. Germantown. Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
Like a Flame – Laura Nyro
Big Car – Afro Celt Sound System
Wildlife – Nomad
Last Lonely Eagle – New Riders of the Purple Sage
The Four Legged Ones – Joanne Shenandoah
Lezonkomo (Praise the Cows & Bulls) – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
When Elephants Cry – Mayuka Thaïs
Red-Tailed Hawks – R. Carlos Nakai
Flamingo – Kero Kero Bonito
For the Last Whale – Crosby & Nash
All God’s Critters – John McCutcheon
Voice of the Prairie – Jack Gladstone & Rob Quoist
Baby Elephant Walk – Quincy Jones
Prayers for Polar Bears – Adia Nyree
King of Birds – Karine Polwart
Baby Beluga – Raffi
The Sloth – Flanders & Swann
Ementha-Papaguneray (Turtle Song) – Emily Wurramara
Prayer of St. Francis – Sarah McLachlan

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1 October 2023

5K walk. Schnitzelburg. Remembrance Run.
Lost Souls – Tom Jackson
Residential 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
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

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27 September 2023

Walking. Germantown.
Wreck of the Carlos Rey – Los Lobos
Cueca de la Ausencia – Inti-Illimani
Hope You’re Feeling Better – Santana
In the River – Raye Zaragoza
Grabbing a Photo Opportunity – Michael Giacchino
Qué Pasará – Moral Distraida
Go Away – Gloria Estefan
Colombia, Mi Encanto – Carlos Vives
Que LLoren – Ivy Queen
Obedeskamos – Los Miserables
Nada – Shakira
Ariba Monte – Victor Jara
Guantanamera – La Lupe
COFFIN – Jessie Reyez, feat. Eminem
El Condor Pasa – Peña
Somos Hijos del Maíz – Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy

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