October 9, 2026 · 6:35 pm
Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood. Treadmill at Arterra Fitness Center.
Pacing. The Apartment.
Ojalá Que Llueva Cafe – Juan Luis Guerra
La Ciudad – John Williams, Paco Peña & Inti Illimani
Shakin’ Shakin’ Shakes – Los Lobos
Please Come To Boston – Joan Baez
Hope You’re Feeling Better – Santana
Sebastian – Rubén Blades
Esto Si Es Punk – Los Miserables
Recuérdame (Reencuentro) – Luis Ángel Gómez Jaramillo & Rocío Garcel
Everyone Knows Juanita – Gael García Bernal
Mulata – Inti Illimani
El #100 – Tito Puente
Qarwa Yaku – Luis Cachiguango
Mecanica De Amor – Mi Son
Your Name Begins With – El Vate
10/8/26-12/31/26 total steps – 94,235
The goal is 1,000,000
October 8, 2026 · 9:23 pm
Walking. North Domingo Baca Park. Pacing. The Apartment.
Go Tell a Bird – Maya De Vitry
Two Janes – Los Lobos
If He’s Ever Near – Linda Ronstadt Hasten
Black Magic Woman – Santana
There Is Power in the Blood. – El Sueno Del Inka
When a Woman – Shakira
La Corriente – Bad Bunny & Tony Dize
Nube Gris – Gaby Moreno & Van Dyke Parks
El Relampago – The Chieftains With Lila Downs
LA MEMORIA – Jessie Reyez B
Will He Shoemaker? – Michael Giacchino
Nicaraguamor – Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy –
Preguntas Por Puerto Montt – Victor Jara
Speedway – Raye Zaragoza
Como La Flor – Selena Canciones
Estos Celos – Vicente Fernández
Campina – Afro Cuban Jazz Project
10/1/26-12/31/26 total steps – 82,967
The goal is 1,000,000
October 7, 2026 · 10:30 pm
Walking. North Domingo Baca Park. Pacing. The Apartment.
Prison Trilogy – Joan Baez
BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US – Jessie Reyez
Moscow Mule – Bad Bunny
In the River – Raye Zaragoza
Waiting for Tonight – Jennifer Lopez
Enamorada De Ti – Selena
Good Morning Aztlan – Los Lobos
Ella Tiene Fuego – Celia Cruz
Taquirari De Verano – El Vate
Juana Mayo – Rubén Blades
Las Brumas del Mar – Simón Díaz
Don’t Wanna Lose You – Gloria Estefan
Dia Cero – Agua Clara
Medianoche – Inti Illimani
Cuando Voy Al Trabajo – Victor Jara
The Show Must Go On – Michael Giacchino
Crazy – Linda Ronstadt
10/1/26-12/31/26 steps – 70,714
October 7, 2026 · 10:23 pm
Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood. Pacing. The Apartment.
Matthew Shepard assaulted. He died on October 12, 1998.
Fannie Lou Hamer born.
Laramie – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Scarecrow – Deena Rae Turner
The Fence – Peter Katz
Matthew Shepard – Heather Lev
American Triangle – Elton John
Scarecrow – Melissa Etheridge
God Loves Everyone – Ron Sexsmith|
Remaining songs by Fannie Lou Hamer:
Precious Lord
On Being a Sharecropper
Run Mourner, Run
City Called Heaven
All the Pretty Little Horses
I’m Gonna Land on the Shore
Oh Lord, You Know Just How I Feel
I’m Going Down to the River of Jordan
Jesus Is My Only Friend
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
Walk with Me
This Little Light of Mine
Mass Meeting Speech
Certainly Lord
Woke up This Morning
Amazing Grace
October 5, 2026 · 5:03 pm
Walking. Encino Medical Atts Center. Pacing. The Apartment.
World Teachers’ Day.
The Teacher – Paul Simon
Back To School Again – Tommy Sands
Teacher, Teacher – 38 Special –
The Students of Quinlan – James Horner, Sweet Honey In the Rock-
Better Git Yer Learnin’ – Our Native Daughters
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
Teach Your Children – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Live And Learn – Clannad
To Sir With Love – Lulu
Stand by Me – The Blind Boys of Alabama
With These Hands – Vitamin L
Touch the Future – Jim Rule
Master Teacher – Erykah Badu
We Don’t Need Another Hero – Tina Turner
Teacher – Oh Eun Joo
Oh Teacher – Diana Ross
Thank You Teacher – Omar & Hana
Teacher’s Blues – Pete Seeger
October 5, 2026 · 4:48 pm
Walking. Inez Neighborhood. Coronado Center. Pacing. The Apartment.
St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day.
Lite a Flame (The Animal Rights Song) – Laura Nyro
Cheetah – Pinkfong
Two Tigers (Liang Zhi Lao Hu) – The Shanghai Restoration Project
Crabby Crab – Jules!
Tiger, Tiger, Orange and Black – Kids Now
The Sloth – Flanders & Swann
Toucan – Cadenza
Flamingo -Kero Kero Bonito
Tiger Rag – Pete Fountain
Lezonkomo (Praise the Cows & Bulls) – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Baby Elephant Walk – Quincy Jones
Le Carnaval des Animaux: Le Cygne – C Austin Miles, William Leonard George & Dino Kartsonakis
Five Little Monkeys – Sharon, Lois & Bram
To the Last Whale – Crosby & Nash
Five Little Ducks – Gracie’s Corner
The Four Legged Ones – Joanne Shenandoah
Giraffe – Boots and Cats
Sea Turtle – Hermanito
Carnival of the Animals: VI. Kangaroos – Isata Kanneh-Mason & Konya Kanneh-Mason
Fly Like An Eagle – The Neville Brothers
Faces the Blizzard (Buffalo Honor Song) – Jack Gladstone
Baby Beluga – Raffi
Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Warthog Rhapsody- Nathan Lane & Ernie Sabella
Kangaroo – Remi Wolf
Kangaroo – The Big Wu
Carnival of the Animals: I. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion – Isata Kanneh-Mason, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Ayla Sahin, Timothy Ridout, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Toby Hughes
Red-Tailed Hawks – R. Carlos Nakai
All God’s Critters – John McCutcheon
Prayer of St. Francis – Sarah McLachlan
October 5, 2026 · 4:43 pm
Walking. La Cueva neighborhood. Pacing. The Apartment.
Clemente (Estrella 21) – Edel Borrero
Canto Libre – Victor Jara
One Time One Night – Los Lobos
Whistle Down The Wind – Joan Baez
Here We Are – Gloria Estefan 3
Dama Antañona – Simón Díaz
Chiriwayra (Viento Frio) – Agua Clara
Goin’ In – Jennifer Lopez, feat. Flo Rida
La Preguntóna – John Williams, Paco Peña & Inti Illimani
Take Saravá – Silvia Torres
Efecto – Bad Bunny
Paula C – Rubén Blades
A La Orilla De Un Palmar – The Chieftains With Linda Ronstadt
Luna Grande – Los Vikingos Del Norte
El Farol – Santana
Transformación – Gaby Castelli
Un Gigante Que Despierta – Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy
October 2, 2026 · 5:57 pm
Pacing. The Apartment. Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood.
Imagine – Avril Lavigne
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Undersatanding – Keb’ Mo’
Give Peace A Chance – Aerosmith Feat. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars
Down By the Riverside – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Peace Train/Isitimela Sokuthula- Dolly Parton, feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ahimsa – The Antlers
Nonviolence – Cha$e D’Amico
Pacifist’s Lament – Ani DiFranco
Turn! Turn! Turn! – Pete Seeger
Weary Mothers (People Union 1) – Joan Baez
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Simon & Garfunkel
Peter – David LaMotte
Where Have All The Flowers Gone – Dolores Keane, Tommy Sands & Vedran Smailovic
People Get Ready – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Peace And Power – Joanne Shenandoah
Peace Is the Way – Jim & Jean Strathdee
Protecting a toe injury, a lot of my current exercise involves pacing in The Apartment (as Lucy has dubbed the place where Tricia and I live.
October 2, 2026 · 12:25 am
Walking.
Soroco -Agua Clara
IMPORTED – Jessie Reyez
La Fonda – Victor Jara
Milagro – Santana
Prenda Del Alma – Los Lobos
Somos La Fuerza Latina – -Andy Montañez & Ismael Miranda
Carnival In Harlem – Tito Puente
Puedes Decir De Mi – Adrian Quesada & Gaby Moreno
Anquayo – Luis Cachiguango
!Salta! ¡Salta! – Zona Neón & Gaby Moreno
Huayno del Guallatiri – Inti-Illimani Teoría de Cuerdas South America 0 5
1,2,3 – Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine Greatest Hits Pop 0 3
El Baile Madrigal – Germaine Franco Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Musicals 0 6
Hielo Seco – Adrian Quesada, Money Mark & Marc Ribot Boleros Psicodélicos Alternative 0 4
Díagnostico – Celia Cruz Regalo del Alma Música tropical 0 5
Fotos y Recuerdos – Selena Amor Prohibido (Bonus Track Version) Pop Latino 0 3
October 1, 2026 · 1:10 pm
For reasons I cannot completely articulate, I have created a Substack account.
You can check it out and subscribe here. If you want. Or not.
Yes. I used the same name. Call me Mr. Originality.
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