GeriH
@gerihoekz.bsky.social
Musician and music appreciator, especially early music and Celtic. Cat lady living with husband and single cat-guy son. Special education para and former library assistant. Reader of mysteries and urban fantasy. Volunteer for progressive causes.
A playlist I made back during Covid but can be used now for taking mental breaks while staying engaged and in the thick of things. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Calming Songs for Troubling Times - YouTube
Created at the start of Covid, still useful now (Geri Hoekz)
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September 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A playlist I made back during Covid but can be used now for taking mental breaks while staying engaged and in the thick of things. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Reposted by GeriH
Four charts showing the extent of cuts to NASA in the FY26 budget:
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
May 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Four charts showing the extent of cuts to NASA in the FY26 budget:
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
The Importance of (taking breaks from) being earnest
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The Importance of (taking breaks from) being earnest
When less is more
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April 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The Importance of (taking breaks from) being earnest
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No need to subscribe - Substack automatically posts this. The post here includes a singalong playlist for altos / middle to lower-voiced women singers.
And now for something completely different
A singalong playlist instead
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April 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
No need to subscribe - Substack automatically posts this. The post here includes a singalong playlist for altos / middle to lower-voiced women singers.
gerihoekz.substack.com/p/open-to-all No, you don't have to subscribe. I don't normally post these but feel that this is especially important to understand.
Open to All
Creativity isn't a rare phenomenon - the necessity of participatory opportunities in the arts and elsewhere
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December 12, 2024 at 10:56 PM
gerihoekz.substack.com/p/open-to-all No, you don't have to subscribe. I don't normally post these but feel that this is especially important to understand.
This is one of four such pieces on a CD by a guy in my former madrigal group, recorded about 15-20 years ago.
youtu.be/Rg2N4p_Sshc?...
youtu.be/Rg2N4p_Sshc?...
Fantasia style improvisation on Lo How a Rose by C. Bergen.
YouTube video by Flights of Fancy
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December 10, 2024 at 9:12 PM
This is one of four such pieces on a CD by a guy in my former madrigal group, recorded about 15-20 years ago.
youtu.be/Rg2N4p_Sshc?...
youtu.be/Rg2N4p_Sshc?...
For early music folk: a period playlist for the season.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Dorothy Dunnett's fiction: Now Make We Merrye: music from the 13th-17th centuries - YouTube
I put this together for an historical fiction book group, one that primarily reads novels set during this time period. Some of the renditions may not be stri...
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November 27, 2024 at 5:10 PM
For early music folk: a period playlist for the season.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@dunnettcentral.bsky.social I know it's early but here's a period playlist to start the upcoming season. Hopefully YouTube will add Blue Sky as a share option soon. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Dorothy Dunnett's fiction: Now Make We Merrye: music from the 13th-17th centuries - YouTube
I put this together for an historical fiction book group, one that primarily reads novels set during this time period. Some of the renditions may not be stri...
youtube.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:08 PM
@dunnettcentral.bsky.social I know it's early but here's a period playlist to start the upcoming season. Hopefully YouTube will add Blue Sky as a share option soon. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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November 19, 2024 at 7:51 PM
I'm Geri. Looking to connect with other Medieval-Ren music enthusiasts & performers here.
November 16, 2024 at 9:38 PM
I'm Geri. Looking to connect with other Medieval-Ren music enthusiasts & performers here.
Just a playlist for autumn - winter ambience. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Fall Into Winter - YouTube
A mix for those dark days that run from late October to deep midwinter. Bundle up & enjoy!
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November 15, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Just a playlist for autumn - winter ambience. youtube.com/playlist?lis...