Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood. Strength. Stretching. Balance.
Women’s History Month.
All Day Always – Deidre McCalla
The Good Message – Joanne Shenandoah
Fighter – Christina Aguilera
Jump to Love – Christine Anu
Everybody Business – Kehlani
Farewell To The Old Me – Dar Williams
Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You – Eva Cassidy & Chuck Brown
I Am Yours – Tracy Chapman
Somos Sur – Ana Tijoux feat. Shadia Mansour
Colors – Yuna
Never Be the Same – Camila Cabello
You’re Such A 3- Hailee Steinfeld
Walk Over God’s Heaven – Mahalia Jackson
Toneladas – Shakira
Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner – September 67
Raging Child – Mary Fahl
Precious – Risuko Aikatsu
Tag Archives: La Cueva neighborhood
4 March 2026
Women’s History Month. Miriam Makeba’s birthday.
Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood. Stretching.
All songs by Miriam Makeba.
Mbube
Olilili
Suliram
The Retreat Song
The Click Song
Saduva
Iya Guduza
Lakutshn Ilanga
Umhome
Amampondo
Dubula
Dwedini
Pole Mze
Le Fleuve
Qhude
Mayibuye
Maduna
Kilimanjaro
Kwazulu (In The Land Of The Zulus
Nongqongqo (To Those We Love)
Khawuleza (Hurry Mama Hurry!)
Ndodemnyama Verwoerd (Beware Verwoerd!)
Masakhane 4:44
Amaliya
Pata Pata 2000
‘Cause We Live For Love
Liwawechi
Lindelani
Homeland
In Time
Africa Is Where My Heart Lies
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Music, playlist
3 March 2026
Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood. Stretching. Stength.
Daybreak in Alabama – Audra McDonald
Never Be the Same – Camila Cabello
Let My Name Be Sorrow – Mary Hopkin
Rosie – Joan Armatrading
Soldier Blue – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Gentle Breeze – Eileen Ivers
Lite a Flame – Laura Nyro
The Morning Will Come – Jennifer Chung
Edge of America – Annie Humphrey
DEAF (who are you) – Jessie Reyez
Shame On You – Indigo Girls
Love At The Five And Dime – Nanci Griffith
Space Monkey – Patti Smith Group
Eternal Flame – Susana Hoffs
It All Feels the Same – Tennis
Deep River – Odetta
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, playlist
26 February 2026
Stretching. Strength. Walking.
Black History Month.
Right Off (take 10) – Miles Davis
Johannesburg – Gil Scott-Heron
Jesus Is on the Main Line – Mavis Staples \
Now Let Me Fly – Kim&Reggie Harris
Black Panther – Kendrick Lamar
Ain’t No Way – Aretha Franklin
Brown Eyed Blues – Ben Harper
See You Go – Yuna
Freedom – Charles Mingus
Aleppo – Leyla McCalla
Peace Behind the Bridge – Carolina Chocolate Drops
Pride – Joy Oladokun
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Bayard Rustin
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Gracie’s Corner
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
01 February 2026
Black History Month.
Walking. Arroyo. La Cueva Neighborhood. Stretching.
Let America Be America Again – by Langston Hughes – James Earl Jones
Rise Up – Andra Day
You Don’t Have to Ride Jim Crow! – Bayard Rustin
Fight for Your Mind – Ben Harper
AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM – Beyoncé
That’s the Way God Planned It – Billy Preston
If I Could Help Somebody – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Hands Up – Blood Orange
History Repeats – Brittany Howard
Young, Gifted and Black – Aretha Franklin
This Is America – Childish Gambino
Black America Again – Common, feat. Stevie Wonder
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye
Woke Up This Morning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Wade In the Water – The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Everytime I Feel the Spirit -The Florida A&M University Concert Choir
Ain’t No New Thing – Gil Scott-Heron
Deep River – The Howard University Chamber Choir
Sloganize, Patronize, Realize, Revolutionize (Black Lives Matters) – Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
People Gotta Be Free – Keb’ Mo’
Keep Your Hand On the Plow – Mahalia Jackson
Blood Done Sign My Name – Mary D Williams
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
Strange Fruit – Nina Simone
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Odetta
Go Down, Moses – Paul Robeson
We March – Prince
Oh Freedom – The Princely Players
We Rise – Rhiannon Giddens
Precious Lord – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beautiful Struggle – Talib Kweli
You’re Not Alone – Our Native Daughters
Step By Step – Sweet Honey In The Rock
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Grandma’s Hands -Bill Withers
Respect – Otis Redding
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
We Are Each Others Angels – African Children’s Choir
I’ve Got Dreams To Remember – Angélique Kidjo
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Lift Every Voice and Sing – The Boys Choir of Harlem
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Friends, Music, playlist
31 January 2026
Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood.
Third Movement of the Violin Concero by Aram Khachaturian, arranged for flute – Sean Koenig
Honky Tonk – Miles Davis
A Song for You – Donny Hathaway
Kanawa – Habib Koité & Bamada
A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
Happy Lesser Bairam Feast – Rim Banna
This World – The Staple Singers
Turn It Over – Noel Paul Stookey
Breathe – Roger Waters
The Kelly’s Keep Comin’ – Kris Kristofferson
Dancer – David Crosby
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Family, Music, playlist
21 January 2026
Walk. La Cueva Neighborhood. Floor stretching. Core work.
Maybe I’m Amazed – Paul McCartney
Yenakunu – Gurejele L’integrale
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields – Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
By the Light of Common Day – David Crosby, feat. Becca Stevens & Michelle Willis
Loose Ends – Dan Fogelberg
Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30 – The Cleveland Orchestra & Christoph von Dohnányi
Finish Line – Elton John & Stevie Wonder
These Are The Days – Van Morrison
Love Works In Strange Ways – The Staple Singers
She’s a Mean Job Blues – W.C. Handy W.C. Handy’s Memphis Blues
Holdin’ Out – Indigenous
Thank You Teacher – Omar & Hana English
The Green Fields of France – The Fureys And Davey Arthur
Lina’s Waltz – Ahn Trio
Changes – Yes
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
21 December 2025
21 December 2025. Day 7.
Rest day. Minimal walking in La Cueva Neighborhood. Making Christmas cookies with Lucy and Tricia.
Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere).
Solstice Hymn – Jay Ungar/Mary Lea/Abby Newton/Molly Mason
Western Sky – Brian Keane, Michael Manring & Paul McCandless
Joyful Times – Marion Meadows
Winter Solstice Song – Rosemary Beland
Secret Places – Todd Cochran
Solstice Prayer – R. Carlos Nakai
Northern Lights – Lisa Lynne
New England Morning – William Ackerman & Joan Jeanrenaud
Ursa Major – Michael Hedges
Winter Solstice – Robert Mirabal
Winter Solstice Sunrise – Mothertongue
A Long, Long Night – Crow Women Seasons:
The Year Is Born Anew – Jaiya Firedance:
Ring Out, Solstice Bells – Jethro Tull
The Sun Is Gonna Rise – Bill Miller
Drive the Cold Winter Away – Horslips
Night Falls on the Great Plains – Jessita Reyes
Winter Solstice – Karim Kamar
Winter Solstice – Taya Tenney
Winter Solstice – D.M.
Mountain Song – Eric Gillette
Winter Solstice Night – The Dolmen
Winter Solstice – Felt Galaxy
Winter Solstice – Sollaris
Winter Solstice – BEN WISCH
Shortest Day of the Year – Crystal Stones
Snow On The Mesa – David Arkenstone
White Is In the Winter Night – Enya And Winter Came
Now Winter Comes Slowly – Sting If On A Winter’s Night
20 December 2025
Stretching. Walk, slowly, ever so slowly, in La Cueva neighborhood.
Christmas In The Trenches – John McCutcheon
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains
What Child Is This? – Mahalia Jackson
We Are Christmas – Spelman Glee Club
Go Tell It On The Mountain – The Blind Boys Of Alabama Feat. Tom Waits
Jehovah The Lord Will Provide – Harry Belafonte
I Saw Three Ships – Robin Stapleton, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, BBC Philharmonic, Coventry Cathedral Choir & Lichfield Cathedral Choir
Las Posadas – José Feliciano
Silent Night – The Temptations
Asleep At Last -The Wailin’ Jennys
A Cradle In Bethlehem – Nat King Cole
I Wonder as I Wander – Ed Ames
O Holy Night – Jennifer Nettles
Little Drummer Boy – Peter Mayer
Carol of the Bells – Windham Hill Artists
Come Faithful Ones – Red Nativity
Filed under Advent, Albuquerque, Christmas, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
15 July 2025
Walking. La Cueva neighborhood.
Streets of London – Mary Hopkin
Whiskey In the Jar – Thin Lizzy
I Am A Patriot -Jackson Browne
Mo Ghile Mear – The Chieftains with Sting
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers B
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Bayard Rustin & James Farmer
You and Me – Priscilla Ahn
String Quartet No. 1: II. Molto Adagio – Son Sonora String Quartet
It’s All In the Game – Van Morrison
BODYGUARD – Beyoncé
Money Wahala – Kotoja
Rewrite – Paul Simon
Goodbye – The Corrs
Parachute Woman – The Rolling Stones
Utah on “Twist and a Pound” – Utah Phillips
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 