Purple flowers, Amarillo Zoo 4

Amarillo Zoo
Amarillo, Texas
15 June 2025

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3 August 2025

Hearts Of Stone -Los Lobos
St. Judy’s Comet – Paul Simon
I Shot The Sheriff – Eric Clapton
Let Me Roll It – Paul McCartney
The Rest of Our Days – Matthew Black
I Need Your Lovin’ – The Temptations
Factory Girl – The Rolling Stones
The Real Ska – Chris Murray
Come Monday – Jake Shimabukuro, feat. Jimmy Buffett
Earth Sign – Brittany Howard
Little Church – Miles Davis
If Not for You – George Harrison
Goddess of Change – Joan Armatrading
Yearnin’ Learnin’ – Earth, Wind & Fire
Capriccio, JW 7/12: III. Allegretto – The Cleveland Orchestra & Christoph von Dohnányi
Trading Ground – Nomad
The Engadiner Suite, for Piano Trio: I. Summer – Ahn Trio
Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary – Rihanna

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Purple flowers, Amarillo Zoo 3

Amarillo Zoo
Amarillo, Texas
15 June 2025

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A prayer for Yeonsoo Go (and others)

20-year-old Yeonsoo Go, the daughter of Episcopal priest, the Rev. Kyrie Kim, and a graduate of Scarsdale High School in Westchester County was detained by ICE on July 31 after appearing in court, as ordered by the court, for a procedural hearing on her visa application. The South Korean native moved to New York in 2021 with her mother.

Yeonsoo’s situation is one of many. Add other people’s names as you pray. If appropriate, send me those names and I will share them.

An active prayer: Contact your elected representatives demanding that they work to end detention of people seeking to follow the legal processes for immigration.

A prayer for Yeonsoo Go (and others)
God of justice,
we pray for your beloved child
Yeonsoo Go
who was detained by ICE
after appearing in court
for a routine visa hearing.
Watch over Yeonsoo
and keep her safe.
Grant her strength and courage.
Stand with her mother,
the Rev. Kim Kyrie
and her family and friends.
Guide those who protest
this injustice.
Bless their efforts.
We pray for Yeonsoo,
knowing that she is
but one of too, too many
taken by ICE –
often when they were doing
as Yeonsoo and following the rules
to obtain legal status in this country.
Inspire elected representatives
to join the protest and call
for the release of Yeonsoo
and all your beloved children
detained without due process.
Touch the hearts of those
who implement such polices,
transform their views from
cruelty and fear
to compassion and welcome.
We pray for Yeonsoo and
all our immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking siblings
in the name of Jesus, the refugee.
Amen.

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2 August 2025

The Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton The Battle of New Orleans
Sublime – Gal Costa
The Otter Song – In The Nick Of Time
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106: I. Andante tranquillo – The Cleveland Orchestra & Christoph von Dohnányi
Tomorrow – Brittany Howard & BADBADNOTGOOD
One – Johnny Cash
Playing for Keeps – Deidre McCalla
Bad Intentions 2- Yuna Battle
I Walk with You – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Battle Hymn of the Republic – Judy Collins
Kathy’s Song – Eva Cassidy
Members Only – Sheryl Crow
No More Dams I’ll Make for Fish – Joan Armatrading
Petit Metier – Songhoy Blues
I Dig Love – George Harrison
Sweet Revenge – MILCK
At Your Door – Matthew Black

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1 August 2025

Emancipation Day celebrated in many Caribbean countries and Canada to mark the abolition of enslavement in the British Empire.

Black My Story (Not History) – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
African – Peter Tosh
Justice – Sevana
For the People By the People – Dezarie
Is It Because I’m Black – Syl Johnson
Hello Mama Africa – Garnett Silk
Slave Queen – I Threes
‘Til I’m Laid to Rest – Buju Banton
Slavery Days – Burning Spear
Redemption Song – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Too Long In Slavery – Culture
Ain’t Gonna See Us Fall – Sizzla
That Day Will Come – Capleton
What Ah Day – Tanya Stephens
Free Up – Tarrus Riley & Zagga
Steppin’ Out of Babylon – Marcia Griffiths
Freedom Train – Toots & The Maytals
Black Woman – Judy Mowatt
Train to Zion – Linval Thompson, feat. Sizzla & Bounty Killer
Unchained – Bob Andy
Equal Rights – The Heptones
Born Free – Queen Ifrica
Rivers of Babylon – Sublime
African Message – U-Roy
African Unity – Majek Fashek

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31 July 2025

Can’t Help Me – H.E.R.
Je Viens Vers Toi – Baguette Quartette
When I Get Home – The Beatles
Loves Me Like a Rock – Paul Simon
If I Loved You -6 Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson & Billy Porter
Fancy Lady – Billy Preston
Muurrbay Tree – Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, feat. Deline Briscoe
Swept Away – The Black Arm Band 2
We Are Coming, Father Abr’am – Gettysburg College Singers
Roll Me Up – Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson & Jamey Johnson
Todo Me Lleva a Tí – Mónica Giraldo
Motherless Child – Avery Sharpe (feat. Jeri Brown, Onaje Allan Gumbs& Craig Handy
BLACKBIIRD – Beyoncé, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy & Reyna Roberts
Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing – The Temptations
Mahalo John Wayne – Jake Shimabukuro
Give It Up – Public Enemy

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30 July 2025

Last Lonely Eagle – New Riders of the Purple Sage
Boulder To Birmingham – Joan Baez
Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard – Paul Simon Paul Simon
Green Apple Quick Step – The Byrds
Rockin’ In The Free World – Neil Young
Oh! – The Linda Lindas
Needed Me – Rihanna
Stars Of Warburton – Midnight Oil
They’re Saying Not to Panic – Amanda Palmer
Drum Battle – Robert Mirabal
Today – Shannon Thunderbird & Sandy Horne
Wah-Wah – George Harrison
We Turned Our Backs- Dario Marianelli
Red Prophet – Santana
Danse Des Toka Nod – Kanak People of New Caledonia
Camel – Pinkfong
Bell Bottom Blues 5:05 Derek & The Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Rock 0

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29 July 2025

47th Anniversary
Home – Karla Bonoff
Raise You Up / Just Be – Kinky Boots Cast
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
The Load-Out / Stay – Jackson Browne
Calling All The Children Home – John McCutcheon
Bright Path – Jack Gladstone
O Little Town Of Bethlehem – The Roches
I Hear A Symphony – Diana Ross & The Supremes
Why We Tell The Story – Company Once On This Island
Waltzing Matilda – Seona McDowell
Finale – Joel Hatch & ‘Come From Away’ Company
The City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie
Whiskey & Sangria – Eileen Ivers
Third Movement of the Violin Concerto by Aram Khachaturian, arranged for flute – Sean Koenig
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
Pata Pata 2000 – Miriam Makeba
You’ve Got A Friend – James Taylor
Weary Mothers – Joan Baez
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel

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28 July 2025

Peru Independence Day
Siempre Te Amaré – Lucha Reyes Serie Regresa: Lucha Reyes, La Morena de Oro del Perú Worldwide 0 9
La Flor de la Canela – Eva Ayllón Chabuca Granda Worldwide 0 7
Sol – Zen Zen (Edición Limitada) Rock y Alternativo 0 4
Cariñito – Bareto Sodoma y Gamarra Música tropical 0 5
Impresiones del Viaje – Ensemble Pachamama Music of the Andes Worldwide 1 5
Traditiones Andinas – Inkuyo
Libertad – Laguna Pai
apocalipsis – Isabela Merced
Calendario – Daniela Legarda & EMIL
Con Mi Amiga – Daniela Darcourt
Sana Sana – Alejandro Y Maria Laura S
Himno Nacional del Peru – The One World Ensemble

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