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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

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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

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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

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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

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18 February 2019

Treadmill. Stretching. Gym at the Shire.
Irreplaceable – Beyonce
She Works Hard for the Money – Donna Summer
Stand up for Something – Andra Day
Willow – Joan Armatrading
Take Time – Lenny Kravitz
The Klan – Richie Havens
Mr. Highway Man – Howlin’ Wolf
You Don’t Know Like I Know – Sam & Dave
I’ll Be Seeing You – Harry Pickens
String Quartet No. 2: III Andante – by George Walker
Motivation – Kelly Rowland
The One I Want – Carter Anderson
Easy Rider – Lead Belly
Thug N U Thug N Me – 2Pac
Why Do Things Happen to Me – B.B. King

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16 February 2019

Walking. Morningside Heights.
Treadmill. Gym at the Shire.
I Could Write a Book – Miles Davis
Georgia on My Mind – Harry Pickens
Rockin’ Chair – Louis Armstrong
It’s Over Now – Della Reese
Love Blues – Keb’ Mo’
My Shot (Rise Up Remix) – The Roots
Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
I Know Where I Am Going – Harry Belafonte
Until the End of Time – 2Pac
Stir It Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Coming Home – Elmore James
The Way You Do the Thing You Do – The Temptations
Take the “A” Train – Duke Ellington
Things to Come – Dizzy Gillespie
Heading Back to New York – Joan Armatrading
Want Ad Blues – John Lee Hooker
Supreme Architecture – RZA

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3 February 2019

Gym at the Shire. Treadmill. Flexibility and stretching with NK Body Philosphy.
Morningside Gardens. Walking.

I Should Be Proud – MarthaReeves & The Vandellas
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Ball of Confusion – The Temptations
Black Man – Stevie Wonder
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
Machine Gun – Jimi Hendrix
Whitey on the Moon – Gil Scott-Heron
Black Is – The Last Poets
Give More Power to the People – The Chi-Lites
Them Bully Full – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Black Maybe – Syreeta
To Be Young, Gifted and Black – Nina Simone

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4 February 2019

Walking. Penn Station.
Treadmill. Gym at the Shire.
Stretching.
People Get Ready – The Impressions
Soul Man – Sam & Dave
Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud – Aretha Franklin
Everyday People – Sly & The Family Stone
The Klan – Richie Havens
Friendship Train – Gladys Knight
Shadows of Society – Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Ghetto – Donny Hathaway
Alabama – John Coltrane
Freedom – Charles Mingus
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
Dancing in the Street – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
Let America Be America Again – written by Langston Hughes, read by James Earl Jones

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31 January 2019

Gym at the Shire. Treadmill. Strething.

Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around – Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Long Way Around – Dixie Chicks
Everywhere I Go – Jackson Browne
As Long as the Grass Shall Grow – Johnny Cash
Duncan Johnston – Clann An Drumma
Sitting on the Dock of Bay – Otis Redding
You’ve Got to Show – Indigo Girls
Raincheck – Van Morrison
Whirlpool – Seal
Pulse (The City Beautiful) – Zen Fuse Box
Get Out – Macy Gray
Living without You – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
An Pac Ar Buile – Cherish the Ladies
Sweet Little Rock & Roller

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