Kerry Dexter
@kerrydexter.bsky.social
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/
Ideas for exploring #Scotland's Western Isles, at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #travel #nature #music #history perceptivetravel.com/blog/2026/08...
The Western Isles: 6 Reasons You'll Love Being There
Scotland's Western Isles/ Outer Hebrides/ Na h-Eileanan an Iar: nature, community, history, music, dark skies, and silence are all reasons to explore
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Family Tour | Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again 👨👩👧👦📖 Discover the world of Seamus Heaney through a fun, interactive family tour exploring his family, poems and imagination. 📅 Thursdays at 11.30am: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/family-tour-seamus-heaney-listen-now-again
Family Tour | Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
Family Tour | Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again Date Thursday, 4 June 2026 | 11.30am - 12.30pm Thursday, 18 June 2026 | 11.30am - 12.30pm Thursday, 2 July 2026 | 11.30am - 12.30pm Thursday, 16 July 2026 | 11.30am - 12.30pm Location Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again, Bank of Ireland Culture & Heritage Ce…
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#Scotland in 🎶 6 songs, at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #Gaidhlig #creativity perceptivetravel.com/blog/2017/04...
Scotland in Six Songs from Place to History to Legend ScotlandinSix
Scotland in Six Songs, in celebration of the year of History, Heritage, and Archaeology HHA2017 and of music that lasts and speaks beyond that
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Collins Barracks @nmireland.bsky.social has a full programme of August events: tours, harps,talks, history, &more. Not sure why you'd like to go? I took you on an exploration in my story at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #Ireland ☘️ #museums #Dublin #travel perceptivetravel.com/blog/2021/05...
Collins Barracks: Sharing Ireland's Unknown Stories
Collins Barracks, now the home of National Museum of Ireland Decorative Arts & History, brings varied & sometimes lesser known parts of Irish history to life
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I've just finished adding these four tote bag designs featuring some of my photos of Glasgow to my online shop, and they give a nice and unique flavour of the city. If you're interested, you can find them at www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-cate.... #glasgow #totebags #scotland #visitglasgow
Still time for many Highland games and gatherings, in #Scotland and other places where Scottish culture and heritage are celebrated. Story at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #travel #sport #music #family perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/05...
Highland Games and Gatherings: 11 Things To Discover
Scotland's Highland games and gatherings: What are they? Why might you want to attend? Are they only in Scotland? A guide to all that and more
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And now, a little Vivaldi. Michel Tirabosco, a renowned pan flute player, collaborating with Raphaël Froissart. He is a professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Born with physical differences, he began playing the pan flute at 7 and has achieved international recognition for his skill. #streetmusic
Has #poetry ever inspired you to travel? Ideas of places to visit at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #travel ✍️ perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/04...
Poets as Travel Inspiration: 8 Ideas
Does the work of poets inspire travel? Ways to explore that idea in places in Ireland, Scotland and the US
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A welcome sight this afternoon as the statues that were removed for restoration have started to arrive back at George Square. 📷 Gill Kyle #Glasgow
Is #poetry part of your #travel kit? Consider reasons you may want to add it in, in my story at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2011/04...
Poetry: a different sort of travel reading
Poetry can add depth & insight to your travels. Consider ideas on why this may be & several resources you may want to check out.
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The Journey To A Vision - August Tour A Guided Afternoon Tour of the WB Yeats Exhibition 📅 Tues, 11 August at 1pm: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/journey-vision-august-tour Discover the two decade long project that WB Yeats pursued and what drove him to create 'A Vision'.
The Journey To A Vision - August Tour
A Guided Afternoon Tour of the WB Yeats Exhibition
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As you think about #Amerca250, consider these voices #history @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #travel perceptivetravel.com/blog/2026/05...
Historic Preservation: 11 Stories To Discover
Historic preservation: it's about connecting past, present, & future through place. Learn about ways you can explore this across the US and beyond
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Love this stained glass on 63 Bath Street in Glasgow. One of the best things about life in this city is coming across such random bits of beauty as you travel around it. You just have to keep you eyes open so you see it as you pass. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #stainedglass
To help meet the demand for housing on the Cape and Islands, the Boston Society of Architects’ created a guidebook on transforming old buildings into new living space.
Cape Cod and island towns try adapting older buildings to alleviate the housing crunch
To help meet the demand for housing on the Cape and Islands, the Boston Society of Architects’ created a guidebook on transforming old buildings into new living space.
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Six places to discover the future in the past #history #travel perceptivetravel.com/blog/2019/05...
Six Places to See the Future in the Past: Exploring Historic Preservation
Historic preservation: seeing the future in the past in Toronto, Detroit, Glasgow, Tallahassee, Jackson Mississippi, and an open air museum in Lithuania
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Not long now until Fête Nationale on 15 August,,, learn about that, and more about the Acadian community in 🍁 Canada's Maritime provinces, in my story at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #Canada #travel perceptivetravel.com/blog/2018/08...
Finding Acadia Exploring Acadian Canada
Acadian Canada: in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, & Newfoundland, distinct culture evolved from French heritage flourishes
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Obair bhaile ar an bhealach go LORIENT!!!! Musical homework on the flight to France ✈️🎶 Itinerary as follows; Tuesday 11:30 Interview on Radio Bro Gwened 14:45 Performance by Zoë & John at La Place des Pays Celtes Wednesday 21:00 Zoë to perform Brendan Voyage...
Quiet reflection on love..." entre recuerdos la noche pasan..." from Tish Hinojosa kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-ses...
Sunday Sessions: Amanacer / Daybreak
Amanacer.
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Why you keep buying books you don't read – and why it feels good www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why you keep buying books you don't read – and why it feels good
Looking forward to enjoyable experiences like a book can improve mood, increase motivation and provide a buffer against everyday stress
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Anger is one thing 🎶 songs of protest can express. There's more to explore though. Part 1 of a 4 part series. Music from Matraca Berg, Pete Seeger, Eliza Gilkyson, Rhiannon Giddens, & others kerrydexter.substack.com/p/anger-and-...
Anger and Anthems: Protest Songs part 1
Protest songs.
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"It is the jewel in the crown of the Highlands, one of Scotland’s most impressive natural landscapes..." Cairngorms national park @cairngormsnews.bsky.social could take decades to recover from wildfires; story via @theguardian.com #Scotland 💔 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Swathes of Cairngorms unrecognisable after 12 days of ‘cataclysmic’ wildfires
With large areas still burning, damage from national park’s worst blaze could take decades, if not longer, to put right
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Northern Ireland: unexpected stories of legend, music, landscape, art, music &more to explore #travel @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2024/02...
Northern Ireland: 12 Unexpected Stories to Explore
Northern Ireland: explore its landscapes and its stories of music, history, nature, art, connections to Saint Patrick, and more
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A song of nature, night sky, love, and memory, from 🌃🎶☘️🎻 Donegal kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-ses...
Sunday Sessions: Far Beyond Carrickfinn
Love, memory, distance, and Donegal
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Perhaps weather of late has you thinking about #climate? These resources are useful & I've recently added several more to this story at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social 🌥️🌇🎤📖🎶 perceptivetravel.com/blog/2026/04...
Climate Emergency: 4 Podcasts, 1 Explainer, 3 Songs
Climate emergency, climate change: are you climate curious about what is going on? 4 podcasts, 1 explainer, and 3 pieces of music that will help you understand
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A song of connection and imagination, written by Sandy Denny, sung by Mary Black kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-ses...
Sunday Sessions: a song of connection and imagination
possibilities...
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Latest in my ongoing 🎶 Music for Shifting Times series at @wanderingeducators.bsky.social with music from @carrienewcomer.bsky.social @rachelhair.bsky.social & Ron Jappy, @cathieryan.bsky.social, & more #creativity #reflection www.wanderingeducators.com/best/stories...
Music for Reflection, Connection, and Peace
As things continue to shift across the world, the connections we encounter each day, with others, with nature, with stories from other times, become more important. Music which draws in these aspects ...
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