Intentions for 2025

Inspired by my friend Abbie Waters, I have decided to identify intentions for 2025.Something about that word works better for me than does “resolutions.” I can’t articulate what it is. But I’m going to role with it.

Health and Fitness

  • Cardio of some sort (300 days)
  • Morning stretches (300 days)
  • Chair stretches (300 days)
  • Floor stretches (180 days)
  • Strength exercises (180 days)
  • Eat well in terms of carbs, calories, and quantities (300 days)

Steps and Miles

  • 14,000 steps daily average
  • 5,000,000 steps for the year
  • 3.65 miles daily average
  • 1,300 miles for the year

Travel

  • Nicole & Desi’s wedding
  • Tommy & Brooke’s wedding – possible road trip

Reading/Learning

  • Read 52 books
  • Great Courses

Spirituality

  • Write and share daily prayers
  • Worship in the congregation granddaughter attends
  • Find and support at least one group involved in justice work in Albuquerque
  • Supply preach as invited
  • Engage in advocacy

Hiking

  • Obtain equipment
  • 40 hikes (at least 3 miles length)

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8 January 2025

Walking. La Cueva neighborhood. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Bittersweet – Dolly Parton, feat. Michael McDonald
Back In the World – Pura Fe
Allay Na Lee No – Joy Harjo, feat. Mike McCready
Homeless Heart – Carole
Summer Side of Life – Blackie & The Rodeo Kings
Constellations – Jack Johnson, Paula Fuga & John Cruz
Good at Staying – eliza blue
Fight for Your Mind – Ben Harper
Break the Chain – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
If I Was a Painter – Lisa O’Neill
Hiway 9 – Eliza Gilkyson
That’s Who I Am – Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
Nengone Nodegu – Ok! Ryos South Pacific Islands
Nong-Ak – Chung Woong
Nights In White Satin – The Moody Blues
Caledonia – Celtic Woman
Sean In The Fog – Lúnasa
13th Century Metal – Michael Kiwanuka & Brittany Howard Jaime
Broken Wings – Mary Black

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Pardon Ravi Ragbir

✍🏽 I just signed the petition for a Presidential #Pardon for Ravi Ragbir!
Ravi has spent decades fighting for justice and keeping families together—now he needs our support.
Join me in urging President Biden to do the right thing. Sign the petition today! 🖊️✨
👉🏽 Sign here: https://bit.ly/raviragbir

#istandwithravi

#keepravihome

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Purple (artificial) flowers, La-Z-Boy store

La-Z-Boy Store
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
7 January 2025
Tricia was buying a new recliner. I saw these while waiting.

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7 January 2025

Walk. La Cueva neighborhood (Paseo del Norte from Barstow to Ventura a highlight). Morning movement. Chair stretching. COLD. Windy.
Mmalo-We – Bayete
I’m Happy Just to Dance with You – The Beatles
Twas on One April Morning – Avon Faire
The Gift – Bruce Cockburn
Separated – Eliza Gilkyson
Birdy From Another Realm – Lisa O’Neill
You Shook Me All Night Long- AC/DC
Feathers & Wax – Vicktor Taiwò
The Best Part Of The Day – Elton John & Leon Russell
Soho – Al Stewart
Something’s Coming – Oscar Peterson Trio
Let’s Go For a Ride / Mazu Wa Doko E Iko – Yumi Matsutoya
Lullaby – Laughing Eyes Margaret Eagle Cry
Tahboo – Ella Jenkins
Amasoja – Lalela Cape Town Choir
Bandera – Willie Nelson
T-rex Dance – Pinkfong
Je Viens Vers Toi – Baguette Quartette
Mchu Picchu – Maheya Paititi
Mr. Tambourine Man – The Byrds
That Da Da Strain – Pete Fountain
Louisa – Lord Huron

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6 January 2025

Walking. Domingo Baca arroyo. Longest walk. Fastest pace. Morning movement. Chair Stretching.
O, Fair New Mexico – rick pickren
I Am The Light Of The World – Jim And Jean Strathdee
We Three Kings – dc Talk
Jesus Ahatonnia – Bruce Cockburn
A Way Home – Black Violin
The Three Kings And I – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
We Three Kings – The Roches
We Three Kings – Robert Mirabal
Angels From the Realms of Glory – Bill Carter And The Presbybop Quartet
We Three Kings – Rod Stewart, feat. Mary J. Blige
Three Elders – Red Nativity
Home By Another Way – James Taylor
Carols of the Epiphany – Greek Folk Children’s Choir
We Three Kings – Michael Doucet
Epiphany Carol – Francis Patrick O’Brien
We Three Kings of Orient Are – Three More Tenors
We Three Kings (Reimagined) – Olivia Newton-John
We Three Kings – The Rhos Orpheus Male Choir
We Three Kings – Cumberland Gap Reunion
We Three Kings – Bill Mize & Ed Gerhard
We Three Kings – Alice Gomez
The Little Drummer Boy – Johnny Cash
Carol Of The Bells – Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
In The Bleak Mid-Winter – Holiday Traditions
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – André Previn
O Come All Ye Faithful – The Chieftains
Nadal de Luintra – Berrogüetto
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Darlene Silversmith
Go Tell It On The Mountain – Commissioned
The First Noel – Bill Miller
Ave Maria – Carpenters
Snowman’s Waltz – Little Windows
Silent Night – The Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal
A Wassail, a Wassail – Quadriga Consort
The Holly & The Ivy – John Rutter: Clare College Singers & Orchestra
El Primer Noel – Gaby Moreno
Huron Carol – John McCutcheon
What Child Is This – david m. bailey
Drive Cold Winter Away – Castlebay
I Saw Three Ships – Lindsey Stirling
Joy to the World – Nossa Bossa Nova

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5 January 2025

Morning movement. Walking. Chair stretching.
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
Christmas In The Trenches – John McCutcheon
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Happy Christmas (War is Over) – Angélique Kidjo
Canticle of the Turning -6 Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Cherry Tree Carol – Sting
Silent Night – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Little Drummer Boy – The Blind Boys Of Alabama Feat. Michael Franti –
Huron Carol – Jonathan Maracle
Joy To The World – Willie Nelson
Cry Of A Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
The Bushes Of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains
O Holy Night – Karla Bonoff
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Harry Belafonte
The Frostbite Set – Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Snow – Loreena McKennitt
Noël No. 6 in D Minor “Sur les jeux d’anches sans tremblant et en duo” – Marie-Claire Alain
Music Box Blues -Trans-Siberian Orchestra
O Come,O Come Immanuel-Nervis Rex – Various Artists
The Story of Christmas – Peter Mayer
Angels We Have Heard On High – Eric Rigler

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4 January 2025

Morning movement. Walk in the neighborhood. Chair yoga.
Old City Bar – Trans-Siberian Orchestra            
Three Elders – Red Nativity       
Breath Of Heaven – Glòria
Wexford Carol – Quadriga Consort       
Silent Night – Lindsey Stirling
Quiet Time – Jim Brickman
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – BeBe & CeCe Winans
This Rush of Wings – Metamora
We Three Kings – Michael Doucet
Do You Hear What I Hear – Ed Ames
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Good King Wenceslas – Ed Gerhard
Merry Christmas! – The Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Johnny Cash
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Mary’s Little Boy Child – José Feliciano
What Child Is This – Jonathan Maracle
Holy Is Your Name – The Many
Circle of Love – Jennifer Nettles
Christmas Is Coming – Harry Belafonte
The First Noel – Charles. T. Cozens
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Sarah McLachlan

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Irish Christmas 2024

O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Enya
Seven Days Before Christmas – The Lost Brothers
Christmas Mode – Kean Kavanagh
Vultures of Christmas -The Mary Wallopers
Home For the Holidays – The Divine Comedy
Christmas in Your Arms – Ryan Mack
The Magic Of Christmas – LYRA
Silent Night – Sinéad O’Connor –
Christmas Song – Gaze Is Ghost –
Christmas Past – Mick Flannery –
Lovely Time of Year – Owen Lamont
christmas morning – Luz
Uncomfortable Christmas – CMAT & Junior Brother
Together at Christmas – Irish Women In Harmony
Christmas Once Again – ROE
Joy To The World – Moya Brennan
O Holy Night – Eileen Ivers
Christmas In Killarney – The Irish Rovers
The Sussex Carol – Craig Duncan
The First Noel – Patrick Ball
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Three More Tenors
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
The Bushes Of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Once In Royal David’s City – The Chieftains
The Season’s Upon Us – Dropkick Murphys

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A prayer of thanks – President Jimmy Carter

Gracious God,

we thank you for

your beloved child,

Jesus’ faithful follower,

Jimmy Carter.

For his multiple contributions

to the lives of individuals,

to this country,

and to the international community,

we give you praise.

For his gracious being and living,

his goodness and kindness,

his integrity and compassion,

his work as a humble servant leader,

his courage in the facae of death,

we give you praise.

For his consistent witness to justice,

his tireless work for human rights,

his unshakeable belief that

all people and each person

are made in your image

and are to be treated with the

dignity that status confers,

we give you praise,

We thank you that for President Carter

death is past and

all pain and suffering and weakness has ended and,

reunited with his beloved Rosalynn

he has entered into the joy and love

you have prepared for us.

As we remember and give thanks

for President Carter,

may we learn from his example

how to follow more nearly Jesus

in whose name we pray.

Amen.

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