Gardens on Mercury
North Star, Delaware
May 12, 2023
Randy Clayton
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AAPI Month Reading List
Great to see Grace Ji-Sun Kim’s book Invisible on the AAR reading list for AAPI Heritage Month.
I am always excited to see my books on reading lists. Invisible is included in the AAR’s AAPI Month Reading. Please do read it.

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16 January 2023
Helping Eric and Essie move. Lots of trips to garage, garbage, and recycling.
Zabba Du Bay / Family Line Movin’ Through / Zabba Call and Response – Sweet Honey in the Rock
A Long Time Ago – Jim Croce
Maggie – Redbone
A Sentimental Man – Wicked
Falsete Dos Moiros – Victor Jara
Georgia – Emily King
Gracias a la Vida – Joan Baez
Healing – Indie.Arie
xx – Hayley Kyoko
A Natural Woman – Christine Anu
Take Me out to the Ball Game – Jaqueline Schwab
Burned – Neil Young
Pictures at an Exhibition — Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Who Killed Bobby Fuller – Black 47
Nevada’s Grace – Atreyu
Biddy Mulligan – The Dubliners
Far Away – Sleater-Kinney
Bygone Days – Eileen Ivers
River of Time – Bill Miller
Sometimes – Midnight Oil
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6 February 2023
Bob Marley Birthday.
All songs by Bob Marley & The Wailers unless otherwise noted.
Redemption Song
No Woman No Cry
Three Little Birds
Buffalo Soldier
Get Up Stand Up
Stir It Up
Exodus
Jamming
Put It On – Bob Marley
One Love – Bob Marley
One Love/People Get Ready
Rainbow Country
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3 January 2023
Walking. Apartment.
Good King Wenceslas – Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Silent Night _ The Blind Boys of Alabama
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Pentatonix
We Three Kings – Cumberland Gap Reunion
In the Bleak Midwinter – david m. bailey
Creator’s Prayer – Red Nativity
Angels We Have Heard on High – Lou Rawls
Once in Royal David’s City – The Rhos Orpheus Male Choir
O Holy Night – Nancy Wilson
Away in a Manger – Eric Rigler
Happy Christmas – John Lennon
Bird Song – The Wailin’ Jennys
This is the Truth Sent from Above – Quadriga Consort
And the Glory of the Lord – Dianne Reeves
Pastoral Symphony – James Galway; John Georgiadis: Munich Radio Orchestra, Regensburg Cathedral Choir
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17 November 2022
Walking. Gym in the apartment. (Posted a bit late)
El Lazo – Victor Jara
House of the Rising Sun – Peter, Paul & Mary
Rock Me on the Water – Annie Humphrey
Impossible Company – Wilco
Wind Spirit – Bill Miller
U.S. Forces – Midnight Oil
Hold Me Tight – The Beatles
Gratitude – Earth, Wind & Fire
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Chapel of Love – Bette Midler
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade – John McCutcheon
Waiting – John Munro
Nil honlshio – Blackfire
So What – Miles Davis
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20 October 2022
Walking. Germantown.
Stretching. Gym in the apartment.
Catharsis – Natalie MacMaster
Following the North Star – Rhiannon Giddens
Heartland – Eric Bogle
String Quartet No. 1: I. Allegro – Son Sonora String Quartet
Song of Bangladesh – Joan Baez
Lemme Get That – Rihanna
I’m on My Way to Freedomland – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Dangerous Mood – Keb’ Mo’
Noche Nochero – Guardabarranco
Elk Hunt – Trevor Jones
I See Fire – Celtic Women
Ntjilo Ntjilo – Hugh Masekela
Taunta – Mountain
Just Can’t Last – Natalie Merchant
So Far Gone – Magdalen Hsu-Li
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31 August 2022
Walking. Jogging. Couch 2 5K. North East, Maryland. Hand weights. Stretching. Eric & Essie’s apartment.
Water. Too much. Not enough. Poor systems.
Eastern Kentucky. Pakistan. Jackson,. Mississippi. Places not in the news.
Water – Blame Sally
Water – David LaMotte
Red Streaking int the Water – R. Carlos Nakai
Shimmer, Prayer for Cleansing the Water – Joy Harjo
Don’t Go Near the Water – Johnny Cash
Sailing Down My Golden River – Peggy Seeger
Shining River – Eric Bogle with John Munro
Ocean Song – Mary Hopkin
My River – Tom Paxton
Mighty River – Mary J. Blige
In the River – Raye Zaragoza
Trouble in the Water – Common, Malik Yusef & Kumasi feat. Aaron Fresh, Choklate & Laci Kay
When the Levee Breaks – Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy
Backwater Blues – Bessie Smith
Water Is Life – Wanita Bird
The Living Waters – Sweet Honey in the Rock
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28 August 2022
Walking. Jogging. Couch 2 5K. North East, Maryland. Stretching. Eric & Essie’s apartment.
Murder of Emmett Till.
The Death of Emmett Till – Bob Dylan
My Name Is Emmett Till – Emmylou Harris
I Had a Dream – John D. Sebastian
Expectations – Belle & Sebastian
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Mock Morris=The Green Man; The Cropredy Badger; Molly On The Jetty – Fairport Convention
As I Roved Out – Planxty
The Best of All Possible Worlds – andide
An Túll – Clannad
Moony Eyed Walrus – Caucas
Ndodemnyama Verwoerd – Miriam Makeba
Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20A – Wedding Dance – Philharmonia Slavonica
Hurricane Eye – Paul Simon
Jenny’s Welcome To Charlie / Father Francis Cameron – Eileen Ivers & John Wheelan
Dreamer’s Chant – R. Carlos Nakai
All Night – Beyoncé
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1 August 2022
Walking. Rolling. Gym in the Apartment.
Emancipation Day
Black My Story (Not History) – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
African – Peter Tosh
Justice – Savana
For the People by the People – Dezarie
Is It Because I’m Black – Syl Johnson
Black Woman – Queen Ifrica
Hello Mama Africa – Garnett Silk
Slave Queen – I Threes
‘Til I’m Laid to Rest – Buju Banton
Never Get Weary – Toots & The Maytals
It’s Amazing – Sizzla
Slavery Days – Burning Spear
Refugee – Skip Marley
Everybody Wants to Be Somebody – Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
Too Long in Slavery – Culture
Redemption Song – Bob Marley & The Wailers
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