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12 July 2025

Walking the arroyo.
Alexander Hamilton death.
All songs from Hamilton: An American Musical and by the Hamilton Original Broadway Cast
Alexander Hamilton
My Shot
The Story Of Tonight
You’ll Be Back
Stay Alive
That Would Be Enough
Guns and Ships
History Has Its Eyes On You
Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
What Comes Next?
What’d I Miss 3:57
The Room Where It Happens
Washington On Your Side
One Last Time
I Know Him
It’s Quiet Uptown
The World Was Wide Enough
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

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26 March 2025

Morning movement. Eye appointment and recovery.
Third Movement of the Violin Concetro by Aram Khachaturian, arranged for flute – Sean Koenig
Hello, Dolly! – 2017 Broadway Cast of Hello, Dolly! & Bette Midler
I’ve Decided to Marry You – Lauren Worsham, Lisa O’Hare & Bryce Pinkham A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly – Julie Andrews;Franz Allers My Fair Lady
I Am What I Am (From “La Cage Aux Folles”) – Donald Pippin & George Hearn La Cage Aux Folles (Original Cast Recording)-
A Little Night Music: A Weekend in the Country – A Little Night Music Ensemble A Little Night Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Under the Sea – Samuel E. Wright The Little Mermaid
One Hand, One Heart – Matt Cavenaugh & Josefina Scaglione West Side Story (New Broadway Cast Recording – 2009)
Do-Re-Mi – Mary Martin, Lauri Peters, William Snowden, Kathy Dunn, Joseph Stewart, Marilyn Rogers, Mary Susan Locke & Evanna Lien The Sound of Music (Original 1959 Broadway Cast Recording)
Everything Old Is New Again – Hugh Jackman, Patrick Vaccariello & Various Artists The Boy from Oz (Original Broadway Cast)
Your Daddy’s Son – Audra McDonald Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
I’m Here – Cynthia Erivo The Color Purple (2015 Broadway Cast Recording)
Ease On Down the Road – The Wiz –
Overture/Once In The Highlands/Brigadoon – Delbert Anderson & The Chorus Brigadoon – Remastered (Original Cast Recording)
Seventy Six Trombones – Robert Preston & Original Broadway Cast of ‘The Music Man’
Oklahoma – Alfred Drake & Chorus Oklahoma! – Performed By The Original Broadway Cast
Another Hundred People – Pamela Myers Company (Original Broadway Cast)
Sunday – Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters & Sunday in the Park with George Ensemble S
Welcome To the Rock – Joel Hatch & ‘Come From Away’ Company (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Why We Tell The Story – Company Once On This Island (New Broadway Cast Recording)
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor Eye of the Tiger

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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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4 December 2024

Cry Of A Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn –
Joy To The World – Moya Brennan –
In the Bleak Mid-winter – David Briggs, Oragn/Stephen Cleobury/Choir of King’s College, Cambridge King’s College Choir –
Venid Fieles Todos – Liuba Maria Hevia
A Tale Of Two Cities – Mark Isham –
Greensleeves – Irish Christmas Folk Music
Petite Aubade – Shadowfax
The First Noel – Mormon Tabernacle Choir-
O Tannenbaum -Eugene Ormandy: Philadelphia Orchestra
O Little Town Of Bethlehem – Trace Bundy
Let Us The Infant Greet – Loreena McKennitt
We Three Kings – Robert Mirabal
The Holy and the Ivy – Quadriga Consort-
Coventry Carol – Bill Carter And The Presbybop Quartet
Island Christmas – Christine Anu feat. Kuiam Anu & Zipporah Anu

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3 December 2024

Sera Chung birthday.
Buddy Monahan birthday.
Bob Brashear birthday.
Eureka Stockade – Australia.
Holy Disorder – Sera
FIREMOUTH – Sera
Pie Jesu ver. On the Rocks – Sera
The Calling ver. The END – Sera
Brave New World -Sera
The Rite of Letting Go – Sera
This is What Love Must Feel Like – Sera
Architects of December – Sera
Bird – Sera
Peace Anthem – Sera
Revolution – Kirk Franklin & The Family
Rock and Roll All Nite – Kiss
Boomer Sooner- The University of Oklahoma Marching Band
Cross of the South – Seona McDowell
The Land Belongs To Them – John Munro, feat. John Schumann
Republic – John Munro, feat, Eric Bogle
Spirit of the Land – John Munro, feat. Kat Kraus
All Walls Must Fall – Robert Brashear
Carolina Goin’ Home – Robert Brashear

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14 October 2024

Walking. Albuquerque.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Honour Song – Morgan Toney
Native America – J25
Turtle’s Song to the Wolf – Betty Mae
Earth Spirit – R. Carlos Nakai
Gathering of Eagles – Walela
Wind River – Andrew Vasquez
Zuni Friendship Song – Chester Mahooty B
Lakota Flute Song – Georgia Wettlin-Larsen
Pink Skies – Bear Fox
Not For Sale – Alice De Micele
We Emerged from Night in Clothes of Sunrise – Joy Harjo
Roots And Culture – Native Root
Some How – Nizhóní Girls
Noble Heart – Jack Gladstone
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Kahawi’tha – Joanne Shenandoah
Anaa K’e Goo – Blackfire
Taos Song – William Gutierrez
Navajo Riding Song – Lillian Rainer
Drum Song – Shannon Thunderbird
Firedancer – Brulé
Mother Wolf – Fire Crow
Wounded Knee Hero – Thunder Bird Sisters
Makȟóčhe Kiŋ Thewáȟila II – Alex Fire Thunder
Have Good Dreams My Grandchild – Ojibway People
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Standing Alone – Buddy Red Bow
Wovoka – Redbone
Tulsa County – Jesse Ed Davis
All Along the Watchtower – Micki Free

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04 October 2024

Walking. Albuquerque.
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

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A prayer for Noble Road Presbyterian Church

Tricia and I served as co-pastors of Noble Road Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio from September 1985 through September 2000. There Eric was baptized, Sean and Eric joined the church, Sean and Eric were ordained as elders, and Eric was ordained as a minister of the word and sacrament.

After a prayerful process of discernment, the congregation made the faithful, courageous, and probably a bit painful, decision to sell the building. This week the sale of the building was approved by the Presbytery of the Western Reserve and the Heights Libraries Board of Trustees (the purchaser). The church is located next to the Noble Neighborhood branch of Heights Libraries. The purchase will allow Heights Libraries to expand the Noble branch building to broaden the services it offers to the surrounding community. It will allow the church building to continue to be used as a place where the community is served.

Because the church is not a building, the congregation will continue in ministry. The congregation is in the process of discerning what that ministry will look like. No doubt it will be faithful, creative, welcoming and including, and committed to justice.

A prayer for Noble Road Presbyterian Church

God of all places,
we thank you for your gift of the place
known as Noble Road Presbyterian Church.
We remember with gratitude
all who worshipped in the sanctuary,
all who provided music in any form,
all who affirmed faith at the font,
all who proclaimed the gospel in the pulpit,
all who received assurance at the table,
all who studied in the classrooms,
and all who went out with the support of the community
to witness and work for justice
in Cleveland Heights, Greater Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, and around your world.
For all whose lives were touched, blessed, enriched, challenged
by the people of Noble Road Presbyterian Church,
we give you thanks and praise.
Guide the congregation members as they
discern new ways to be a community, to worship, and to serve.
Lead the Heights Libraries as they repurpose the building
to continue to serve the Noble community and the world.
With thanks for what was,
some tears for what is,
and profound excitement for what will be,
we offer all praise to you, O God,
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

this prayer draws on some images from a prayer in the Book of Common Worship

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2 November 2019

5K walk. Morningside Heights.

Walked in solidarity with Kirk in the Hills to support Accent Pontiac. Accent Pontiac’s mission is “strengthening Pontiac’s youth and community through equitable access to intensive and consistent music making.” My father’s first jobs were as a high school instrumental teacher and band director. The last half of the play list honors him.

It was great to get some exercise, support a friend, support a great cause, and remember my father.

In Every Corner of the Forest Part 1 – Bill Miller
Stick Me for My Riches – Wu-Tang Clan
Come Alive – Eternal Summers
Old Glad – Jack Gladstone
I Could Write a Book – Miles Davis
The Wooden Shoe – John McCutcheon
Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen
The Four Legged Ones – Joanne Shenandoah
El Chivo – The Chieftains with Los Cenzontles
Scotland the Brave – The Pipes and Drums of the Royal Tank Regiment
The Thunderer – Leonard Bernstein and the  New York Philharmonic
Washington Post – Leonard Bernstein and the  New York Philharmonic
Hands Across the Sea – Leonard Bernstein and the  New York Philharmonic
Light Cavalry Overture – London Festival Orchestra
Under the Double Eagle – Leonard Bernstein and the  New York Philharmonic
The National Emblem – Leonard Bernstein and the  New York Philharmonic
March of the Toreadors from Carmen – Leonard Bernstein and the  New York Philharmonic
Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39 – Leonard Bernstein and the  New York Philharmonic
Colonel Bogey – Leonard Bernstein and the  New York Philharmonic

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Workout 25 February 2018

IMG-6948Walk.
You Know I Love You – B.B. King
It Don’t Mean a Thing – Eva Cassidy
Man Made Lake – Calexico
Song for Ireland – Mary Black
Rain Us Love – Native Root
Nadine – Chuck Berry
Photograph – Ringo Starr
The Prayer – Celtic Woman
Sebastian – Ruben Blades
Upon These Stones – Les Miserables Original Broadway Cast
Sentimental Johnny – Flogging Molly
Crazy Dream – Los Lonely Boys
So Much – Macy Gray
Old Devil Time – Pat Humphries
Monsieur Bibendum – Tyro
Peter – David LaMotte

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