Hiking. Petroglyph National Monument. Boca Negra Canyon Mesa Point Trail. Boca Negra Canyon Cliff Base Trail. Walking. Neighborhood.
Mrs. Rosa Parks birthday. Mr. Amadou Diallo death.
Sister Rosa – The Neville Brothers
Rosa Sat – Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir
Rosa Parks – Outkast
Diallo – Wyclef Jean
American Skin (41 Shots) – Bruce Springsteen
A.D. 2000 – Erykah Badu
I Find It Hard to Say (Rebel) – Lauryn Hill
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Freedom (Celebration Mix) – Joi
That’s Who I Am – Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
Woke Up This Morning – Fannie Lou Hamer
We’ll Never Turn Back – Sweet Honey In the Rock, James Horner, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Ysaye M. Barnwell, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard & Michael Fisher
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
Tag Archives: walking
4 February 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, hiking, Music, National Park, New Mexico, playlist
3 February 2025
Hike. Rio Grande Nature Center State Park. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Black History Month.
I Want You Back – Yuna
New Life – Black Violin
Spirit of Place – Archie Roach
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Paul Robeson
Reason to Love – The Staple Singers
Dancing In the Street – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Am I Black Enough for You? – Billy Paul
I’ve Got To Use My Imagination – Gladys Knight & The Pips
I’m Crying (Mother’s Tears) – Grace Jones
Many Rivers To Cross – Jimmy Cliff
Rhythym Child – Carlos Jones and the PLUS Band
Patriot Act – Heems
Baby I Love You – Aretha Franklin
Rockin’ Daddy – Howlin’ Wolf
I Would Die 4 U – Prince
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, hiking, New Mexico
1 February 2025
Hike. Aldo Leopold Trail, Rio Grande Nature Center. Walk. Wyoming Blvd. Morning movement. Hand weights. Chair stretching.
Black History Month.
Let America Be America Again By Langston Hughes – James Earl Jones
Lift Every Voice and Sing – The Boys Choir of Harlem
Rise Up – Andra Day
Ain’t I a Woman – Avery Sharpe, feat. Jeri Brown, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Craig Handy, Duane Eubanks & Yoron Israel
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 6
If I Could Help Somebody – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Hands Up – Blood Orange
History Repeats – Brittany Howard
Prayer for New Orleans – Charlie Miller
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
The Klan – Richie Havens
Precious Lord – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beautiful Struggle – Talib Kweli
Changes – 2Pac & Talent
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
Roll Over Beethoven – Chuck Berry
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) – Fats Domino
We Are Each Others Angels – African Children’s Choir
I’ve Got Dreams To Remember – Angélique Kidjo
Prayers To the Ancestors – Afro Drums
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, hiking, Music, playlist
30 January 2025
Morning movement. Walking to Cherry Hills library and some other places.
Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland in 1972.
Sunday Bloody Sunday – John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Domhnach Na Fola – T With The Maggies
Minds Locked Shut – Christy Moore
Bloody Sunday – Cruachan
Sunday Bloody Sunday – The Wolfe Tones
Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
Sweetheart Like You – Bob Dylan
All My Loving – Paul McCartney
Rabbit Jim – Si Kahn
Wide Open Spaces – The Chicks
Everything You Need 5:43 Indigenous, feat. Mato Nanji
This Little Light – Mavis Staples
Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me – Eliza Gilkyson
Goodbye Goodnight – Andra Day
Mr. Bojangles – Nina Simone
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
16 January 2025
Walking. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. And some other places. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
The Sound Of Silence – Paul Simon
South Australia – Avon Faire, feat. Cait O’riordan
Thug Like Me – Wyclef Jean
One Of These Days – Santana
Ichigo Ichie – Nobuko Miyamoto, feat. Kenny Endo
Tom Dooley – The Smothers Brothers
A Day in the Life – Jake Shimabukuro, feat. Jon Anderson
When She Sleeps – Relativity
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You – Stevie Nicks
This Is My Country – Mavis Staples & Levon Helm
New Killer Star – David Bowie
Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney
Hurt So Bad – The Temptations
Start Me Up – The Rolling Stones
Love Like Ghosts – Lord Huron
flowers – Joy Oladokun
Didn’t You Tell Me Not to Be Hard on You? – Kiha & The Faces
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, playlist
15 January 2025
Walking. South on Wyoming to see the Sandias. Around the Larry H. Miller Toyota dealership. Morning Movement. Chair stretching.
Happy Birthday Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happy Birthday – Stevie Wonder
By the Time I Get to Arizona – Public Enemy
One Vision – Queen
Proud to Be Black – Run-DMC
One – India.Arie
Wake Up – Rage Against the Machine
Ballad of Martin Luther King – Pete Seeger, Brother Kirk & The Sesame Street Kids
Letter to the King – The Game, feat. Nas
Pride (In The Name Of Love) – U2
Letter To Dr. Martin Luther King – Sweet Honey In The Rock
Abraham, Martin and John – Harry Belafonte
King Holiday – Dream Chorus & The Holiday Crew
Up to the Mountain (MLK Song) – Patty Griffin
MLK Song – Mavis Staples
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers from Selma
We Shall Overcome – Toots & The Maytals
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Let It Be – Bill Withers
Glory – Common & John Legend
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, playlist
13 January 2025
Walking. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center track. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Korean-American Day.
Drawing the Line – Royal Pirates
Butterfly – Jessica & KRYSTAL
Roses – Annalé Roses
Gotta Work – Amerie
Honestly – Eric Nam
Human Nature – Tiger JK
Good Bye Sadness, Hello Happiness – YOON MI RAE
Every Last Drop – Dumbfoundead
Goodbye – Sam Ock
Come Over – MRSHLL, feat. pH-1
In the Water – Run River North
All Along The Watchtower – Luna
Take It One Day at a Time – Jennifer Chung
Slow – Kahi
Never Not – Jessi Lee
Dream – Priscilla Ahn
Brave New World – Sera
Filed under Albuquerque, Current Events, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
12 January 2025
Walking, Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Ira Hays birthday.
(Playlist for walking,)
The Ballad of Ira Hayes – Kris Kristofferson, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Heritage – Shelley Morningsong
You Will Have Peace – Joanne Shenandoah
Honoring – Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai
The Ballad of Ira Hayes -Johnny Cash
Healing Song # 3 – Primeaux, Mike & Attson
Justice Hunters – Annie Humphrey
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Brother Warrior – Sharon Burch
Calling All Warriors – Leela Gilday
Calling the Spirit Back – Joy Harjo, feat. Rahim Alhaj
Navajo Code Talkers – Jack Gladstone
Ira Hayes – Peter LaFarge
The Marines’ Hymn – United States Marine Band
The Last Post – Band Of The Royal Regiment Of New Zealand Artillery
Summertime – Eva Cassidy
Seven Spanish Angels = Willie Nelson with Ray Charles
Dragon = Jake Shimabukuro
Ireland of My Dreams – Si Kahn
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
11 January 2025
Walking. Morning Movement. Chair Stretching. LKR dance class.
RIP and thank you, Sam Moore.
(Playlist for walking.) All songs by Sam & Dave unless otherwise noted.
Hold On! I’m A Comin
You Don’t Know Like I Know
I Take What I Want
Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody
You Got Me Hummin’
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
Small Portion Of Your Love
Soothe Me
I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down
Soul Man
I Thank You
Wrap It Up
You Don’t Know What You Mean To Me
Can’t You Find Another Way (
Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody
Soul Sister, Brown Sugar
The Long View (A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 9 Songs): No. 5, Anita’s Story – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
Phantom – Rina Sawayama
The “In” Crowd – Dobie Gray
Filed under Albuquerque, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
10 January 2025
Walking. Shire arroyo. Near Lucy’s. Morning movement. Chair stretching. Happy Birthday Rod Stewart.
(Playlist is for walking.)
Alabama – John Coltrane
Motherless Child – The String Queens
Piece of My Life – Leela Gilday
What’s Going On? – Al Stewart
I’m Coming Out – Diana Ross
Jackie Robinson – Mark Isham
Everywhere I Go -Bonnie Raitt & David Lindley
Sing Me Life – Gaby Moreno
Kamalani – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Hunter – Si Kahn
Vanlose Stairway – Van Morrison
Same Old Lang Syne – Dan Fogelberg
Good Enough – Sarah McLachlan
Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda) – Rod Stewart
Girl From The North Country – Rod Stewart
Handbags And Gladrags – Rod Stewart
Country Comforts – Rod Stewart
Tomorrow Is A Long Time – Rod Stewart
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Along the Graybeard Trail 