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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A Prayer in the Age of COVID-19

Thanks to the Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb for this prayer.
“O child of Bethlehem, Emmanuel, God with us, who in your eternal wisdom chose to incarnate in Bethlehem, Palestine, to take on our flesh, fragility, and vulnerability, we thank you for being near us wherever we are today.”

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Heavenly Father, our creator, who breathed into us the breath of life, we ask you to give us the needed strength to continue our journey even when we feel a shortness in breath, fatigue, and suffocation under stifling pressures. Teach us the art of breathing, especially when we feel that the marathon is too long and the path too thorny. Help us to see your thoughts and plans for us.

O child of Bethlehem, Emmanuel, God with us, who in your eternal wisdom chose to incarnate in Bethlehem, Palestine, to take on our flesh, fragility, and vulnerability, we thank you for being near us wherever we are today. We thank you for being our healer, who went throughout Palestine healing the sick and lifting up those left behind. We thank you for all the healers of today, the doctors, nurses and caregivers who are working tirelessly risking their lives so…

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Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens #59

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9 May 2020
There is a construction project underway.
These flowers are not in quarantine.

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Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens #58

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9 May 2020

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Purple flowers, Morningside Gardens #57

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9 May 2020

Most days, I create the playlist myself.
Some days, I get by with help from friends and family.
This is one of those days.
The first song was added to the list when Alonzo posted it this morning.
The middle section is half of a playlist, Love & Hope in the Age of Coronavirus by Ester. The second half will come tomorrow.
The final song was given to me by Sean as part of the Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge.
Pacing. The Shire.
Backlash Blues – Nina Simone
Sunday Best – Surfaces
Anything at All – Over the Rhine
Biking – Frank Ocean
Ends of the Earth – Lord Huron
“40” – U2
Angel from Montgomery – John Prine & Bonnie Raitt
42 – Mumford & Sons
Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
How Can I Keep from Singing – Eva Cassidy
Blackbird – Brad Mehldau
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
Where the Light Is – Surfaces
Sal Tlay Ka Siti – Book of Mormon

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8 May 2020

Stretching. NK Body Philosophy.
Pacing. 2.23 miles. The Shire.
#AhmaudArbery #runwithMaud
Just Like A Woman – Carly Simon
I Shall Be Released – Bobby McFerrin
Dancing In The Street – The Mamas & The Papas
I Get A Kick Out Of You – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Love Is Dangerous – Fleetwood Mac
Songbird – Duncan Sheik
Love Is Everything – k.d. lang
Emotionally Yours – The O’Jays
Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones
Carried Away – Crosby, Stills & Nash
All Night – Beyoncé
Where I Go – Natalie Merchant
Early Morning Rain – Ian & Sylvia
Pinball Wizard – The Who’s Tommy (Original Cast Recording) (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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Purple flowers guest collection, #112

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Photo by Laura VanDale
Lakewood, Ohio

Date Unknown

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5 May 2020, part 2

Stretching with NK Body Philosophy. Pacing. The Shire.
Still catching up. Still celebrating Duke Ellington’s birthday.
Into the Fire – The Scarlet Pimpernel (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)
I Let a Song Go out of My Heart – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Caravan – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Echoes of Harlem – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Creole Love Call – Duke Ellington
Drop Me off in Harlem – Duke Ellington
Crescendo in Blue – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Dimenuendo in Blue – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
East St. Louis Toodle Oo – Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington
I Miss the Mountains – Next to Normal (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)
Go Back Home – The Scottsboro Boys (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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5 May 2020, part 1

Pacing. The Shire,

Nikki Shawana – Sister Round Dance Song (MMIW Honour Song)

Song for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – Jayda Gadwa

Performance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – music by A Tribe Called Red

Women’s Fancy Shawl Dance – Red Pheasant Powwow

Qiksaaktuq – Tanya Tagaq andToronto Symphony Orchestra

The Highway – N’we Jinan Artists, Kitsumkalum First Nation, BC.

Break the Silence – N’we Jinan Artists – Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation, ONT

Song for Murdered and Mission Indigenous Women – West Shore Canoe Family

Highway of Tears – Layla Zoe

Run Sister Run – Cass McCombs
Inspired by the run of Métis activist and athlete Tracie Leost to raise awareness about Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous women

Red Dress – Amanda Rheaume, feat. Chantal Kreviazuk

Through the Flood – Indian City

Blackbird – Emma Stevens (in Mi’kmaq)

Say Her Name – Bear Fox

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