America – Tracy Chapman
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
America My Home – Buffy Sainte-Marie
America, Where Did You Go? – Charlie King
American Dream – Raye Zaragoza
For Those Who Cried (Cherokee Removal) – Jack Gladstone
American Dream – will.i.am
Black America Again – Common Black, feat. Stevie Wonder
Edge of America – Annie Humphrey
For America – Jackson Browne
Green Fields Of America – Eileen Ivers
The Hands That Built America – U2
I Am America – Shea Diamond
Winter in America – Gil Scott-Heron
Treaties – Frank Waln
Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday
Freedom Road – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Freedom – Richie Havens
Born In The U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen
Freedom Now – Sweet Honey In The Rock
We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee – Redbone
Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) – Hamilton Original Broadway Cast
Yo Soy Boricua – Taino
Sovereign Land – Hawaiian Style Band
Sounds Like America to Me – Harry Chapin
Manzanar -Tom Paxton & Anne Hills
Immigrants – K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC & Residente
We Are the Children – “Charlie” Chin, Chris Kando Iijima & Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto
Glory – Common & John Legend Glory
I Am a Patriot – Little Steven
This Is America – Childish Gambino
Freedom – Beyoncé, feat. Kendrick Lamar
This Land – Gary Clark Jr.
All You Fascists Bound to Lose – Resistance Revival Chorus & Rhiannon Giddens
We Shall Overcome – Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Pete Seeger & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Let America Be America Again By Langston Hughes – James Earl Jones
4 July 2025
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Purple flowers, Cleveland Heights 10
Coventry Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
4 June 2025
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Purple flowers, Cleveland Heights 9
Coventry Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
4 June 2025
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3 July 2025
Walking the arroyo. Morning movement.
Delightful morning to be out as Albuquerque (or at least our part of the city) had rain last night.
Gettysburg.
Battle Cry Of Freedom – Jacqueline Schwab
Who Knows Where The Wind Blows – Tommy Sands
Gettysburg – Tmark Band
Gettysburg – John Bell
Gettysburg – Kyle Thompson
Ballad of the 20th Maine – The Ghost of Paul Revere
Gettysburg – Civil War
Gettysburg, the Third Day – Sunderman Conservatory Wind Symphony & Russell McCutcheon
Kingdom Coming – Matt Glaser, Evan Stover, Jay Ungar, Art Baron & Molly Mason
Give Us a Flag – Richie Havens
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder – Bernice Johnson Reagon
Battle Hymn Of The Republic – The Abyssinian Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir
Main Title (From “Gettysburg”) – The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Ashokan Farewell – Jay Ungar And Molly Mason
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
A prayer after Pride month
I thank you, God,
for friends who share photos and stories
of their participation in Pride Parades and events.
The joy, the love, the faith, the freedom,
the courage, the hope, and yes, the pride
in their faces and their bodies
fills my soul with gladness
almost beyond words.
I thank you for their witness.
It touches me profoundly and
deepens my understanding
that you create each of us
in your image and that
each person of
every sexual orientation and
every gender identify
is your beloved child.
I pray, God,
for each friend, each person
who, for whatever reason or reasons,
chose not to participate
in public events.
May they know they are loved by you and
that they too fill my soul with gladness.
Help me remember that Pride
is a focus for a month
and a way to live each day.
Inspire me to love you
and all your children more dearly.
Guide me to work
more faithfully for
a community, a church,
a state, a country, and a world
where everyone knows welcome
and everyone belongs;
where everyone is treated
with dignity and respect;
where all people can participate in Pride events: and
justice and equity prevail for all.
May it be so, Rainbow God.
Amen.
2 July 2025
Filed under Current Events, Family, Friends, Human Rights, Prayer
2 July 2025 – Paul’s birthday
Happy Birthday, Paul!!
Walking the arroyo. Morning movement.
Hello Muddah Hello Faddah – Allan Sherman
Snoopy vs. The Red Baron – The Royal Guardsmen
I Got A Name – Jim Croce
This Is the Time – Billy Joel
Shut Up and Dance – WALK THE MOON
Day By Day – The Hooters
Fool’s Parade – Michael Stanley Band
Thunder Island – Jay Ferguson
Classical Gas – Mason Williams
Icarus (Borne On Wings of Steel) – Kansas
Fishin’ In the Dark – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
China Grove – The Doobie Brothers
Africa – Toto
Desperado – Linda Ronstadt
The Sounds Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
The Sound of Silence – Disturbed
Under Pressure – David Bowie & Queen
Seven Bridges Road – Eagles
The Tears Of A Clown – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Nostradamus – Al Stewart
Never Been Any Reason – Head East
What Is Life – George Harrison
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Purple flowers, Cleveland Heights 8
Coventry Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
4 June 2025
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1 July 2025 – Canada Day, First Nations
Walking. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center.
Akua Tuta (Fais Attention) – Kashtin
Ancestor Song – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
We Shall Remain – Kalolin Johnson
Nasa’l Mawiesp-Pite’wk Kmusnk – Bernie Francis
Family and Friends – $hift from the 902
Stay Strong – Kelly Fraser
Little Star – iskwē acākosīk
We Won’t Forget You – N’we Jinan Artists
Nin Kesatm L’nu’isi – The Relatives
Apija’li Essisoqnik – 2nd Generation
Ke’ Mawita’nej – Hubert Francis
Unama’ki – Richard Poullete
First Flight – Morgan Toney
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1 July 2025 – Canada Day, Pauli Murray Feast Day
Walking the arroyo. Morning movement.
One Of The Best Ones – Bruce Cockburn
My Greatest Masterpiece – Bif Naked
Northern Plains – Alan Doyle
Four Seasons – Melanie Durrant
Hallelujah -Leonard Cohen
Catharsis – Natalie MacMaster
Share the Land – The Guess Who
Canadian Railroad Trilogy – Gordon Lightfoot
After The Gold Rush – k.d. lang
Don’t Let It Bring You Down – Neil Young
A Case of You -Joni Mitchell
People -Oscar Peterson Trio
O Canada – Canadian Anthem Singers
Pauli Murray – Michael Sloan
Pauli Murray – 9th Wonder & GIVE EM SOUL
Be Like Pauli – RaShad, feat. Young Ert
Song In A Weary Throat – Jongnic Bontemps
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Purple flowers, Albuquerque 17
Wyoming Boulevard
Albuquerque, New Mexico
27 June 2025
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Along the Graybeard Trail 