Gym at the Shire. Treadmill (15 minutes slow pace but there). Arm work. Core work. Stretching.
Cherokee Flute – Gaby Nagel
It’s Going to Rain – Paula Nelson
Trail of Tears Song, We Will Go Together – Joy Harjo
A Tribe Called Red – Angel Haze
Walk with Me – Mary Youngblood
Pata Pata 2000 – Miriam Makeba
The Rite of Letting Go – Sera
Universal Soldier – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Solidify – Sheryl Crow
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Angelique Kidjo
No More – Fran Wood
Mercedes Benz – Janis Joplin
Candles in the Wind/Lay Down – Melanie
Peace and Power – Joanne Shennandoah
Sandcastles – Beyonce
Spirit Lullaby – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Never Let Go – Nitanis “Kit” Largo
We Are Here – Sharon Burch
Song of Hope – Thunder Bird Sisters
Tag Archives: stretching
23 March 2019
22 March 2019
Morningside Gardens. Walking. Still slowly but for a bit more at a time. Stretching.
Water Is Life – Wanita Bird
Rain Please Go Away – Alison Krauss
The Sea – Morcheeba
Wade in the Water – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Rain Song – Sharon Burch
Wash Me Clean – k.d. lang
Bring Me Some Water – Melissa Etheridge
Shimmer, Prayer for Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
Waterfalls – TLC
Muddy Water – Bessie Smith
Where Peaceful Waters Flow – Gladys Knight & The Pips
River – Natalie Merchant
Chrerokee River – Walela
I’m Going Down to the River of Jordan – Fannie Lou Hamer
Mighty River – Mary J. Blige
Orinico Flow – Enya
Bridge over Troubled Water – Aretha Franklin
21 March 2019
Morningside Gardens. Slow short walks. First day reaching 10,000 steps in two weeks. Stretching. Is this the beginning of a comeback?
Sharpeville – Black Savage
In the Quiet Morning – Joan Baez
Kilamanjaro – Miriam Makeba
Daylight – Alison Krauss
New Life – Brianna Lea Pruett
Never Know – Angelique Kidjo
Carolina in My Mind – Melanie
Ain’t No Way – Aretha Franklin
Leather and Lce – Stevie Nicks
Trail of Life – Sharon Burch
NYC Bitche$ – Awkwafina
Everyday is a Winding Road – Sheryl Crow
Sorry – Beyonce
The Calling – Sera
Unpretty – TLC
Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt
Sharpville – Hugh Masekela
20 March 2019
Gym at the Shire. Short, slow walk on treadmill. Core exercises. Stretching.
Precious Lord – Fannie Lou Hamer
Spring Haze – Tori Amos
Spring Is Here – Ella Fitzgerald
It Might as Well Be Spring – Nina Simone
Spring – Tracy Chapman
The All American Girls Professional Baseball League – The Rockford Peaches
Crazy as Me – Alison Krauss
Letter to Dr. Martin Luther King – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Itche Koutche – Angelique Kidjo
Don’t Hurt Yourself – Beyonce
I Can’t Wait – Stevie Nicks
18 March 2019
Morningside Gardens. Limping. Stretching. Rolling lacrosse ball.
Alison Krauss – Down to the River to Pray
Come See About Me – Nicki Minaj
Peace – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Loloye – Angelique Kidjo
Pray You Can Catch Me – Beyonce
Matters of the Heart – Tracy Chapman
Hear Me Lord – Bonnie Raitt
A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
Desert Angel – Stevie Nicks
We Do What We Can – Sheryl Crow
Four Seasons – Melanie Durrant
What’s Easy for Two Is So Hard for One – Mary Wells
12 March 2019
Gym at the Shire.
Treadmill – slowly!
Strength work with NK Body Philosophy. Stretching,
Stabbing Pain – Plantar Fasciitis
Prayers for Polar Bears – Adina Nyree
I Come and Stand at Every Door – Annie Hills
Following the North Star – Rhiannon Giddens
All the King’s Horses – Aretha Franklin
Skin Deep – Melissa Etheridge
St. Louis Blues – Bessie Smith
Get Me Bodied – Beyonce
Goodbye Song – Ranky Tanky
Leila – Rasha
Gloomy Sunday – Billie Holiday
Silver Lining – Bonnie Raitt
I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again – Eva Cassidy
5 March 2019
Gym at the Shire. Treadmill. Stretching. At the same time as NK Body Philosophy.
Stairway to the Stars – Ella Fitzgerald
Grandmother’s Ways – Sharon Burch
Harriet Tubman – Holly Near
I Used to Love You – Adina Nyree
Why – Annie Lennox
The Calling – Sera
A Brand New Me – Aretha Franklin
Women on the Tier – Suzanne Vega
Reckless Blues – Bessie Smith
This Little Light of Mine – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Most of the Time – Bettye LaVette
The Whippoorwill – Walela
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday
Talkin’ Bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
Gnawin’ on It – Bonnie Raitt
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4 March 2019
Starting again.
Gym at the Shire. Treadmill. Elliptical. Strength work with NK Body Philosophy.
Off Beat Blues – Adina Nyree
Circle of Light – Walela
I Aint Gonna Play No Second Fiddle – Bessie Smith
Show Some Emotion – Joan Armatrading
Eyes on the Price – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Rock Steady – Aretha Franklin
If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus – Bettie Mae Fikes
Solitude – Billie Holliday
I Can’t Help You Now – Bonnie Raitt
Rock in This Pocket – Suzanne Vega
America – Tracy Chapman
September Moon – Thunder Bird Sisters
Ithemba – Sister Phumi
Heart Like a Wheel – Linda Ronstadt
Hooghan – Sharon Burch
25 February 2019
Treadmill. Strength work with NK Body Philosopy. Stretching. Gym at the Shire.
Love Revolution – Lenny Kravitz
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
Harriet Tubman/Steal Away – Kim & Reggie Harris
Freedome Road – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Complexion – Kendrick Lamar
A Love Supreme, Pt. 2: Resolution – John Coltrane
John Henry – Paul Robeson
The Love I Never Had – Mary J. Blige
Tutti Frutti – Little Richard
So – Tracy Chapman
I Was Doing All Right – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Set the Night to Music – Roberta Flack
A Song for Assata – Common
19 February 2019
Walking. Stretching. Morningside Gardens.
Stiff and sore despite the stretching. Where’s that hot tub? (Those aren’t songs.)
Kenji – Fort Minor
Allegiance – Allegiance Original Cast
Resist – Allegiance Original Cast
Love’s Been Good to Me – Nina Simone
Day Dreaming – Aretha Franklin
The House of the Rising Sun – Lead Belly
Part of My Life – India.Arie
How Many More Years – Howlin’ Wolf
Main Title – The Wiz (Quincy Jones)
Born to Fight – Tracy Chapman
The Roadie Song – Aaron Neville
A Fine Romance – Louis Armstrong
Where Are the Keys to the Kingdom – Sweet Honey in the Rock
God Is Love – Marvin Gaye
For Once in My Life – James Brown
P.D.D. – John Legend
Oh Freedom – The Princely Players
Fix Me Jesus – Bobby McFerrin
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho – Paul Robeson
Shoo Be Doo – Macy Gray
Sing a Message to You – Earth, Wind & Fire
Along the Graybeard Trail 