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June 12, 2020 · 11:54 pm

12 June 2020

Tonight, in response to the evil action of the administration “finalizing a rule that would remove nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people when it comes to health care and health insurance”
and even more because of love for family members and friends and people I do not know, it seemed important both to walk and to post.
Walking – pacing – The Shire.
The Greatest – Sia (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Hands – Various Artists
Love Make the World Go Round – Jennifer Lopez & Lin-Manuel Miranda
Pulse (The City Beautiful) – Zen Fuse Box
Pulse – Chakra Khan
Pulse – Melissa Etheridge
Not Myself – Sharon Van Etten
Raza de Mil Colores – Ricky Martin
I Know a Place – MUNA
Misirilou – Kumbia Queers
Beautiful Strangers – Kevin Toro
Antonio – Bruno Toro
God Bless the Children – TT The Artist
La Yuta – Dani Umpi
I Am Orlando – Alejandra Ribera
We’ll Take a Glass – Grand Hotel (Playbill 30-Day Challenge, thanks Sean)

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June 9, 2020 · 11:20 am

6-7-8 June 2020

This playlist covers three days of exercise.

Walking. The Shire. Walking. Morningside Gardens.
California Soul – Marlena Shaw
My People – Erykah Badu
Optimistic – Sounds of Blackness
Glory – Common, John Legend
Ella’s Song – Sweet Honey in the Rock
I Owe You Nothing – Seinabo Sey
Shirley Chisholm 1972 – Shirley Chisholm
Everything Is Everything – Lauryn Hill
Trouble, Heartaches & Sadness – Ann Peebles
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Aretha Franklin
I Can’t Stand the Rain – Ann Peebles
You Brought the Sunshine – The Clark Sisters
A Change Is Gonna Come – Ledisi
Soul Sista – Bilal, Rhapael Saadiq
Rose in Harlem – Yeyana Taylor
The Shores of Normady – Jim Radford
The Road to the Isles – Rob Crabtree
My Head Is Filled with Music – The Real McKenzies
Bobby Kennedy – Black 47
Sign O’ the Times – Prince
We March – Prince
Dreamer – Prince
Land of Lola – Kinky Boots

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May 25, 2020 · 9:01 pm

24 May 2020

Walking (under strict conditions). Morningside Gardens. Pacing. The Shire,
Following songs by Carter Anderson:
Not the Last Gentleman
Daddy’s Little Trip
Left in the Dark
The One That Got Away
I Apologize
The One I Want
Because You Love Me
Don’t Want to Get Away
Is My Love Enough
Will You Marry Me
You Make my Day

Following songs by  Bob Dylan:
Shelter from the Storm
One More Cup of Coffee
Positively Fourth Street
My Back Pages
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
All Along the Watchtower
Like a Rolling Stone
Mississipi
The Times They Are A-Changing
Girl from the North Country (with Johnny Cash)
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Blowing in the Wind
Idiot Wind
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Everybody (30th Anniversary Concert – BobFest)

C’est Moi – Camelot (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge, thanks Sean)

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May 21, 2020 · 9:58 pm

21 May 2020, part II

Walking (under strict conditions). Morningside Gardens. Pacing. The Shire.
All songs by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Universal Soldier
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone
Adam
You Got to Run – with Tanya Tagaq
Isketayo Sewow
He’s an Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo
Poppies
It’s My Way
Moonshot
The Pine Wood Hills
My Country ’tis of Thy People You’re Dying
Native North American Child
Little Wheel Spin and Spin
Soldier Blue
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
How I Saved Roosevelt – Assassins (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge; thanks Sean)

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March 31, 2020 · 10:05 pm

31 March 2020

Pacing (walking). Core work (gentle) with NK Body Philosophy by FaceTime. Stretching. The Shire.
Transgender Dysphoria Blues – Against Me!
Drone Bomb Me – ANOHNI
I’d Love to Change the World – Shea Diamond
iT – Christine and the Queens
A Girl Called Johnny – The Waterboys
Warrior Heart – Shawnee
Thorn in Your Side – namoli brennet
Body Was Made – Ezra Furman
Girls and Boys – Blur
King for a Day – Green Day
Androgynous – The Replacements
Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
We Exist – Arcade Fire
Eudaemonia – Them Are Us Too
What Is This Thing Called Love – Billy Tipton
I Want It All – Baby (the Playbill 30 Day Song Challenge – thanks Sean)

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March 30, 2020 · 11:02 pm

30 March 2020

Pacing (or walking). The Shire.
Marrow – Ani DiFranco
You Got to Run – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
Cakewalk – Awkwafina
Little David Play on Your Harp – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Taste of Ashes – Laurie Lewis
Tomorrow – Brittany Howard
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
Love Is Light – Yola
These Days – Nico
Aquis Mahasnik Biman – Rasha
Waltzing Matilda – Seona McDowell
Remember My Name – Yuna
Cry for Love – Zendaya
I Am Her – Shea Diamond
Gravelwalk – Eileen Ivers
Hands – Jewel
I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll – Alan Merrill
I’m Here – Cynthia Erivo – The Color Purple (the Playbill 30 Day Song Challenge – thanks Sean)

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March 30, 2020 · 9:43 am

29 March 2020

Walking (or pacing – there is a debate as to the right verb) in the Shire.
Old Soul – Highwomen
Walk through Fire – Yola
Someday  – Ruby Ibarra
Daughter of the Deser – Rim Banna
Feel Like a Natural Woman – Carole King
I Am Woman  Helen Reddy
The Weight – Aretha Franklin
Blood and Bones – Our Native World
Closer to Fine – Indigo Girls
Not to Blame – Joni Mitchell
Agolo – Angelique Kidjo
Stay Strong – Kelly Fraser
When a Woman – Shakira
Maybe Angel’s – Sheryl Crow
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands – Odetta
I Am What I Am – George Hearn from La Cage Aux Folles (the Playbill 30 Day Song Challenge – thanks Sean)

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March 28, 2020 · 11:14 pm

28 March 2020

Pacing in the Shire.
I Heard an Owl – Carrie Newcomer
Rise Up – Andra Day
Presence – Brittany Howard
Como la Flor – Selena
Redesigning Women – The Highwomen
Cosmic Warrior – Lucia Hwong
Lionheart – Demi Lovato
Replay – Zendaya
La vie en rose – Edith Piaf
Us – Ruby Ibarra
One Woman: A Song for UN Women – Many artists
Edge of America – Annie Humphrey
Fight Like a Girl – Kalie Shorr
Love Don’t Cost a Thing – Jennifer Lopez
This Is My Life – Shirley Bassey
The Four Legged Ones – Joanne Shennandoah
Five Zeroes – On the 20th Century (the Playbill 30 Day Song Challenge – thanks Sean)

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March 26, 2020 · 11:14 pm

26 March 2020

Walking. The Shire.
Third Movement of the Violin Concerto by Aram Khachaturian – Sean Koenig
We Dance – Once on This Island
I’ve Decided to Marry You – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly – My Fair Lady
Yorktown – Hamilton
Down on MacGonnachy Square – Brigadoon
Raise You Up/Just Be – Kinky Boots
Hello, Dolly – Hello, Dolly!
Seventy Six Trombones – The Music Man
Prayer – Come from Away
For Good – Wicked
Tonight – West Side Story
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Luck Be a Lady – Guys and Dolls (the Playbill 30 Day Song Challenge – thanks Sean)

Happy Birthday Sean!

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March 25, 2020 · 10:08 pm

25 March 2020

Walking & Stretching in The Shire.
Unionhouse Branch – Alison Krauss & Union Station
My Foolish Heart – Roberta Flack
Mother – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Stand Up for Something – Andra Day
My Lord, What a Morning – Marian Anderson
See Saw – Aretha Franklin
Isketayo Sewow – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Prayer for the People – Carolyn M. Brittell
I Used to Be a Sailor – Tracy Chapman
Get It Up – TLC
Down the Road I Be Going – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Redemption Day – Sheryl Crow
Not Myself – Sharon Van Etten
Ndodemnyama Verwoerd – Miriam Makeba
Okay – Macy Gray
Robot Heart – Jessi Lee
Under the Sea – The Little Mermaid (the Playbill 30 Day Song Challenge – thanks Sean)

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