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
Tag Archives: La Cueva neighborhood
01 February 2026
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Friends, Music, playlist
31 January 2026
Walking in the 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
15 May 2025
Walking. La Cueva neighborhood.
Palestinian Nakba Remembrance Day.
Yalli El Qumar – Mohammed Assaf
Sabs Adresse – Ramzi Azoredwan
Daughters of the desert – Rim Banna feat. Bugge Wesseltoft & Checkpoint 503
Wanabani – Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler
Song for Palestine – Nora Roman & The Border Busters
Passport – Marcel Khalife
Desert – Rasha Nahas
Palestine – DJ Bruno Cruz
Palestinian Resistance – PR
Suffocated Electronics – Muqataa
The Dice Man – Michael Sajrawy
To Change Tomorrow – DAM
The Third Generation – Dmar
Beast – Jowan Safadi
Oh Kufye Man – Wala’ Sbeit
No Longer Mine – Zaman
Palestine: Fida’i – Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Peter Breiner
Ibn el Balad (instr.) – Ensemble musical de Palestine
May 15 is designated as Palestinian Nakba Remembrance Day, a day of “lifting prayer for peace, giving solidarity for those suffering under occupation.” The Nakba which means “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians in 1948 by Jewish armed groups and as a result of the Arab-Israeli war. Many view this experience as ethnic cleansing. The dispossession and displacement of Palestinians continues to this day as seen in ongoing events in Gaza and on the West Bank which include the continuing Israeli assault and blockade upon the people of Gaza, starvation in Gaza, and violence on the West Bank.
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6 May 2025
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6 May 2025
Walking. La Cueva neighborhood. Morning Movement. Chair stretching.
家へおいでよ (Come On-A My House) 1 Teresa Teng
Resist (Reprise) – Lea Salonga, feat. Allegiance Original Broadway Cast Allegiance
Bad Friend – Rina Sawayama
Brown Out – Ruby Ibarra
Roses – Annalé
Abracadabra / Yabureta Koi No Naoshi Kata Oshiemasu – Yumi Matsutoya
Kawaikini – Jake Shimabukuro, feat. Kimie Miner
Recluse – Jennifer Chung
Ako ay Pilipino – Kuh Ledesma
forever – Hayley Kiyoko, feat. johnny rain
Crushing – TRACE
Realize – Yanzi
Hype – Chloe Tang
A Good Day (Morning Song) – Priscilla Ahn
A Natural Woman – Christine Anu
Love That Hurts – ZHU, feat. Karnaval Blues & Indiana
Spirit Animal – Jessi
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
5 May 2025
Walking. La Cueva neighborhood. Morning movement.
National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives.
Red Dress – Amanda Rheaume, feat. Chantal Kreviazuk
You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
Run Sister Run- Cass McCombs
Through The Flood – Indian City
Say Her Name – Bear Fox
To All MMIW – Northern Cree
Highway of Tears – Layla Zoe
The Highway – N’we Jinan Artists
Break the Silence – N’we Jinan Artists
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Pray Sister Pray – Crystal Shawanda
Missing You – Joanne Shenandoah
Little Star – iskwē acākosīk
M.M.I.W. (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) – Jahkota, feat. LB, Drezus & Cleo Big Eagle
We Won’t Forget You – N’we Jinan
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 