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Kerry Dexter

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writer, editor, poet, thinker, photographer https://kerrydexter.substack.com/ https://musicroad.blogspot.com/ https://www.wanderingeducators.com/best/stories/music-shifting-times https://perceptivetravel.com/blog/author/kerry/

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 12d

🎶Music encouraging & reminding of community in varied ways, from @caradillonsings.bsky.social , Tish Hinojosa, Dawn & Margie Beaton, &others, from the ongoing Music for Shifting Times series at @wanderingeducators.bsky.social www.wanderingeducators.com/best/stories...

Music for Community

In shifting times, it can be helpful to think about community. Communities can exist in person and at distance, online and face to face. They may be made up of those who are family near and far, work ...

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 4h

Celtic Colours International Festival 🍁🎻 is underway, through 18 Oct: 🎶♥️concerts at its heart, many community events too: food, craft, nature, workshops, art, dance, -- learn more at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #CapeBreton 🇨🇦 #Canada #travel perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/09...

Community, Turkey Dinners, and Heritage in Cape Breton

Welcome, creativity, heritage, food, Gaelic,: all part of community events during Celtic Colours International Festival in Cape Breton in Atlantic Canada

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 5h

#Denmark's harbour of music: learn about the work composer🇩🇰🎻🎶 Harald Haugaard #creativity @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #travel #fiddle perceptivetravel.com/blog/2014/05...

Denmark's Harbor of Music

Celtic, Nordic, Baltic and other influences come shaped by the land and people of Denmark and expressed by Harald Haugaard and Helene Blum.

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 5h

Have you been on the Creative #Orkney Trail? Meet the artists in person and online -- story at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Scotland #art #craft #travel @orkneycom.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2023/07...

Creative Orkney Trail

The Creative Orkney Trail brings together top craftspeople, artists, and designers who open their studios to visitors and sell internationally as well

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 5h

Ideas on ways to enjoy ⛷️🥧☕🌃🍰🎻 🎨🧤☃️ seasons from 🍂autumn to ❄️ winter: How to #hygge -->story at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social 📚 #book #travel #scandinavia 🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪🇬🇱🇮🇸🇫🇮 #reading #nordic perceptivetravel.com/blog/2017/08...

How to Hygge: Exploring Nordic Secrets to a Happy Life: a look at the book by Signe Johansen

Hygge: what is this Scandinavian idea, and where you might find it -- and add it -- in your life? An exploration of the book How to Hygge by Signe Johansen

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 6h

Ideas of great places to explore the skies at night 🌃🌛✨🔭 in #Canada & the US at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #nature #travel #autumn perceptivetravel.com/blog/2016/12...

Stars and Travel: Canada and United States

Stars: they a a constant in your night sky, but take a moment -- or plan a trip-- to spend time star gazing. US and Canada dark sky places to explore.

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 1d

Saltwater: 🎶 tunes & a #Gaelic lullabye from @nualakennedy.bsky.social ☘️ kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-ses...

Sunday Sessions: Saltwater

Saltwater.

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 1d

Amanacer/Daybreak kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-ses...

Sunday Sessions: Amanacer / Daybreak

Amanacer.

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 1d

Music & social justice: Carolyn Hester kerrydexter.substack.com/p/music-and-...

Music and Social Justice: Carolyn Hester

Carolyn Hester.

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 1d

A song about aspects of mercy... kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-ses...

Sunday Sessions: Mercy Now

What is mercy?

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 1d

7 ways to explore #Scotland through 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶 music: @juliefowlis.bsky.social, Karine Polwart, Eddi Reader, &more at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2019/11...

7 Ways to Explore Scotland Through Music

Scotland's diverse riches in music: seven recent recordings to get you started on exploring, with stories told through song and tune in English, Gaelic, Scots.

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Seachdain na Gàidhlig (World Gaelic Week) @sngaidhlig.bsky.social · 1d

⭐ Thanks to everyone who joined our first info session the night before last!
Missed it? Don’t worry - our next session is on Thursday 23rd October at 7pm.
Another chance to hear about how to apply for the Small Grants /get involved.
📩 Book your free place here: www.eventbrite.com/e/seisean-fi...

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Laura

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 2d

This is #BookyMcBookface sailing back from Rousay this afternoon. 💨🌊 #Orkney

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them. n.pr/48ihZvq

Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 2d

Has the approach of 🍁🎻 Celtic Colours International Festival got you curious about #CapeBreton 🎶music? A guide to introduce you at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #Canada 🇨🇦 #creativity #travel perceptivetravel.com/blog/2022/09...

Cape Breton Music: Essentials for Exploring

Cape Breton music rises from land and community, creativity and history, Gaelic, Acadian and more. Begin to learn about its stories,artists, places to explore.

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 2d

The poet, the duke (with, sometimes, his traffic cone hat), the rough sleeper, &more: #Glasgow in 6 statues -> story at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #travel🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Scotland #art #creativity #history perceptivetravel.com/blog/2019/02...

Glasgow in Six Statues

Glasgow, Scotland: consider this vibrant city through six of its statues -- scholar, soldier, angel, poet, rough sleeper, duke with traffic cone

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 2d

On your way between 🚗 Montreal & Quebec City, you'll want to stop at Trois-Rivières. My @perceptivetravel.bsky.social colleague @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social explores reasons why #travel 🍁 #Canada @visitquebec.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/10...

Don't Drive Past Trois-Rivières, Quebec

Trois-Rivières is the Quebec city that thousands of people drive right past every day—but it shouldn’t be that way. The city of 144,000 people lies almost exactly halfway between Montreal and Quebec C...

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 3d

A 🎶🍁🇨🇦 Canadian classic, from the Rankin Family #capebreon kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-ses...

Sunday Sessions: North Country

Love of place, of family, of home...

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 3d

Great #fiddle music here: The Best of John McCusker --story about the album at Music Road 🎶 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎻 #Scotland #composer #creativity musicroad.blogspot.com/2025/08/scot...

Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 4d

3 ways to explore the 🎶music of 🇨🇦 #Canada at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #travel #creativity perceptivetravel.com/blog/2019/06...

Canadian Stories in Song: Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Cape Breton

Canadian stories told in song and tune from Vishten, The Small Gloroes, and Farsan, who explore Prince Edward Island, the prairies, and Cape Breton

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 4d

Winter ❄️ & music 🎶🎻 in 🇩🇰Denmark: Helene Blum #travel @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #creativity

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Winter and music in Denmark: Helene Blum

Danish musician Helene Blum and her winter focused music in the album Liden Sol

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 4d

Autumn 🍂 #travel inspirations from Dallas to Cape Breton & beyond, with a 🎶 song about county fairs from @carrienewcomer.bsky.social to go along, at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #journey #inspiration perceptivetravel.com/blog/2022/09...

Autumn Travels: 12 Unexpected Explorations

Autumn travel is often a journey through change. Explore destinations from Dallas to Taos, Northern Ireland to Cape Breton., & a song about county fairs too

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 5d

A 🎻 lullabye in #Gaelic #Gaidhlig along w/ information about how to watch several 🎶concerts at the upcoming 🍁Celtic Colours International Festival online 🇨🇦 #CapeBreton #travel #Canada kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-ses...

Sunday Sessions: Blue Mountain's Lullabye and Celtic Colours

Blue Mountain’s Lullaby is a song in Gaelic from Cape Breton in Nova Scotia in Atlantic Canada

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 5d

Celtic Colours International Festival 🎶🍁🎻 begins this weekend! Highlights of concerts scheduled, some available online also if you'll not make it #CapeBreton. Story at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #travel #Canada #NovaScotia #Gaodhlig perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/09...

Celtic Colours: Celebrating Creativity on Cape Breton

Autumn in Cape Breton: this season in Atlantic Canada means it's time for Celtic Colours International Festival celebrating music, heritage, community & more

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Kerry Dexter @kerrydexter.bsky.social · 6d

Refresh you perspective and clear your mind with 🎶 two tunes from #Quebic, one traditional and one original, from 🎻 Laura Risk #creativity #canada 🍁https://kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-sessions-traverse

Sunday Sessions: Traverse

Traverse.

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