Recuerdo Roberto

Clemente

Graceful athlete
Dedicated humanitarian
Forever hero

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30 December 2023

Walking. ABQ and DAL.
Stretching. Louisville.
Fairytale of New York – The Pogues
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains & Jackson Browne
Torches – Robin Stapleton, Michael George & BBC Philharmonic
Once in Royal David’s City – The Rhos Orpheus Male Choir
Silent Night – Peter Mayer
What Child Is This – Ed Ames
The Holy and the Ivy – Robin Stapleton, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Michael George, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Coventry Cathedral Choir & Lichfield Cathedral Choir
Holiday Time in New Orleans – The Dukes of Dixieland
God with Us – The Many
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Black Violin
Mary Had a Baby – Little Windows
Jesus Ahatonnia – Bruce Cockburn
We Are Christmas – Spelman Glee Club
I Wonder as I Wander – Joanne Shenandoah
Veni Emmanuel – Turtle Island String Quartet
The Seven Joys of Mary – King’s College Choir
The Unbroken Thread – Jay Unger & Molly Mason
Silent Night – Over the Rhine
The Time Is Approaching – Eileen Ivers
I Saw Three Ships – The Piano Guys
The First Snowfall – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton

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29 December 2023

Stretching. Albuquerque.
Happy Second Birthday, Lucy!!
Cut the Cake – John McCutcheon
Sesame Street – Elmo
The People in Your Neighborhood – Sesame Street’s Bob & The Sesame Street Anything Muppets
We Shall Be Known – MaMuse, feat. Thrive
Unafraid – Matthew Black
Change the World – Gabrielle, Elmo, Rosita, Tamir & Sesame Street’s Charlie
Don’t Be Afraid – Chorus Pro Musica, Alison Adam, John Bell & William Chin
Sweet Slumber – David Asheba Wilson
The Hurting Times – Barnaby Bright
God with Us – The Many
Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
My Girl – The Temptations
Dancing in the Street – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
How Sweet It Is – Marvin Gaye
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross
Boomer Sooner – The University of Oklahoma Marching Band
Blue Is the Colour – Chelsea Football Club
Elmo’s Song – Elmo, Big Bird & Snuffleupagus
Wheels on the Bus – Gracie’s Corner
Dinosaur Song – Gracie’s Corner
Circle of Life – Carmen Twillie & Lebo M
Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Po La’i E/Silent Night – C. Pueo Pata, Leimana Abenes

Happy Birthday Lucy

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29 December 2023 – Wounded Knee

Several short walks with Bentley. Albuquerque.
Remembering Wounded Knee.
Wounded Knee – Mickie Free
Ghost Dance – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Wounded Knee – Walela
Dreams of Wounded Knee – Bill Miller
Wounded Knee Hero – Thunder Bird Sisters
We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee – Redbone

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28 December 2023

Walking. Ancestral Sites Trail. Pecos National Historical Park. Stretching.
Silent Night – Idina Menzel
Happy Christmas – John Lennon
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains and Jackson Browne
Cry of a Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn
Simple Praise – Joanie Madden
Shepherd’s Rocking Carol – Philip Aaberg
The First Noel – Mahalia Jackson
First Noel – Leslie Odom, Jr.
In the Stillness – The Many
Fireside Ki Ho’alu – George Kuo
What Child Is This – Trace Bundy
All We Like Sheep – Sutherland/Bumbry/Mckellar/Ward/Sir Adrian Boult
Of the Father’s Love Begotten – Bill Carter and the Presbybop Quartet

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27 December 2023

Some slow walking. Stretching. Albuquerque.
Unless otherwise noted, all songs by The Smothers Brothers.
Rest in peace, Tommy. Thank you.
Give Peace a Chance – The Plastic Ono Band
Pretoria
Tom Dooley
Chocolate
Laredo
Daniel Boone
Gnus
Crabs Walk Straight
Jenny Brown
The Military Lovers
Mediocre Fred
Mom Always Liked You Best
You Can Call Me Stupid
I Talk to the Trees
Hangman
Cabbage
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
You Didn’t Come In

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A prayer when there is snow on the Sandias

Thank you, Creator,
for snow upon the Sandias.
For the wonderful view
and for the precious water,
we give you praise.
Appreciating the beauty you create
and the gifts you bestow,
help us learn to live
more wisely,
more carefully,
more faithfully,
within your creation
of which we are a part.
Amen.

25 December 2023
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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#ceasefirenow

On 24 December 2023, I posted about the 1914 Christmas Truce.

I neglected to include links to advocate for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas taking place in Gaza. This post rectifies that. Note that you can email President Biden about a ceasefire in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia as well.

Advocate for a ceasefire with the Office of Public Witness, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Learn about the work of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance in Israel/Palestine

Support the work of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance; use the online form provided and designate your gifts to DR000081-Israel/Palestine

Advocate for a ceasefire with Jewish Voices for Peace

Respond to the Statement on the Celebration of Advent and Christmas during a Time of War by the Patriarchs and Heads of Communion of the Churches in Jerusalem; observing a moment of silence during this Sunday’s service or providing an opportunity to advocate for a Ceasefire would be two examples.

#ceasefirenow

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26 December 2023

Walking. Stretching.
Albuquerque.
Remembering the Dakota men executed one hundred sixty years ago this day.
St. Stephen’s Day.
King Wenceslas.
Treaties – Frank Waln
Intertribal Song – Dakota Nation & Red Bull United Tribes International
Standing Alone – Buddy Red Bow
Reflections of Paha Sapa – Bryan Akipa
The Moon Is Shining – Indigenous
Round Dance – Dakota Nation & Red Bull United Tribes International
Peyote Healing – Robbie Robertson
Thunder Horse – Kevin Locke
Lakota Forever – Brule
Many and Great (Dakota) – Jon Sarta (this was sung by the men to be executed as they were taken to the gallows)
Good King Wenceslas / Rakes Of Mallow – The Boys of County Bucks
Good King Wenceslas – The Roches
The Wren in the Furze – The Chieftains
St. Stephen’s Day Murders – Elvis Costello

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25 December 2023

Walk. Albuquerque.
Snow on the Sandias.
Canticle of the Turning – Princeton Seminary Choir
Happy Christmas – Angelique Kidjo
Cry of a Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
The Bushes of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains & Jackson Browne
We Are Christmas – Spelman Glee Club
Away in a Manger – The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. George Clinton & Robert Randolph
We Wait for You – The Many
Mary’s Boy Child – Harry Belafonte
The First Noel – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
It Came upon the Midnight Clear – Mahalia Jackson
Silent Night – Aretha Franklin
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Dolly Parton

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