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Heather Allen

@heatherhfx.bsky.social
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Books. Archives. Halifax. Booze. Sewing. Humour. Outrage. Rarely in that order. she/her

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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 6h
Made some friends at the park.
Two hands with sunflower seeds, one with a chickadee on it Boy in a striped shirt with back to the camera, feeding a chickadee Hand with sunflower seeds and a perched chickadee
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What happened to the days when you could have a lil’ breakdown and get prescribed time by the seaside. We’ve lost so much.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don’t actually get to work with archival records much these days, but this was striking.
Mounted black and white photograph showing ‘babies born at the YMCA emergency hospital post-Halifax Explosion’ also shows nurses and a child with a bandaged head/eye injury.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oh man. Do I have a new hero?
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Curriculum night at the kid’s school. Main takeaway is that the teachers are so crazy young. Wowza
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A+
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If any Halifax parents need a rec for a child therapist, we have a great one. So gosh darn pleasant & the kid loves him.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Following up on a very exciting (to me) donation offer for the archives. Gimmee gimmee.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Open Street Agricola is such a great event.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Can't imagine why this government wouldn't want feedback from the public service. What a mystery.
cbc.ca
Biennial survey of Nova Scotia civil service discontinued | CBC News
Opposition leaders are accusing the Nova Scotia government of trying to hide dissatisfaction among members of the civil service by doing away with a survey that used to be published every two years.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Have I Been Possessed or am I Just Overcaffeinated: the Heather Allen Story.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I accept that I’m a snob , but using the word ‘curator’ when you mean ‘chooser’ or ‘collector’ drives me a tiny bit insane.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’m fairly close to my destination, as the crow flies. As the crow buses? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A blessed denim jacket season to all who celebrate.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Love a novel that involves a 9-page glossary on top of the maps and 8-page characters list. My nerd spirit is very into this one.
Book ‘Sword of Kaigen beside a coffee mug and some plants 💙📚
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It had better rain more or I will be very peeved about canceling our weekend travel plans.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Took an hour for me to get my first call from the school. All fine! Something about scheduling BUT STILL.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Lots of feelings at our house this morning as we sent the kid off for his first day of junior high.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
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Rachel Weisz: I Am A Librarian (The Mummy)
ALT: Rachel Weisz: I Am A Librarian (The Mummy)
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Right back at that cut the bangs/grow the bangs crossroads.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I think about how close we are to disaster... not infrequently.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If you were setting up an email address for someone (a kid's first, for example), what service/platform would you use? My default has been google, but I would be very happy to hear alternatives.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Good news is that after almost a month I finally have feeling back in my knee. Bad news is that feeling is ‘ouch’.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Caught the Mary Oliver documentary at Carbon Arc with some friends, and it was a lovely way to spend an evening.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ghouls.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Got called a ‘cool mom’ at camp pick up today. Just, you know, FYI
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Few things hit like reading the exact right poem at the exact right time.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Help, my soft animal body has been tenderized* *I saw my osteopath
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Warrior_Snail @kungfuaction.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"That's how time works, Dave"
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
First day back after vacation vibes.
An exhausted boy sits, head down, at a bus stop
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I've been back from vacation for less than 24 hours and just found out my in-laws are arriving tomorrow for a week-long stay. Sure I love them, but also COME ON.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I’ve never felt so desperate for attention. I put a bird feeder up two days ago and the birds haven’t found it yet.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Finally an Ouzo sighting. #blessed
A cat on a stoop beside a sign reading Hello My Name is Ouzo
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 27/07/2026
AI-generated fake historic images are destroying our past, present, and future Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
halifaxexaminer.ca
AI-generated fake historic images are destroying our past, present, and future - Halifax Examiner
"There have always been plagiarists, careless and lazy researchers, and bad actors. AI in its current incarnation and its rapid, seemingly thoughtless, dissemination just takes it to a whole new level...
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I’m sitting in my yard and someone yelled at me from the sidewalk. Took me a second, but they just needed to tell me how pretty my nasturtiums are, which is TRUE.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
What we’ve lost
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This has been a good trip, but I am really looking forward to my bed and my aeropress.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Theatre
Program for Stratford theatre festival’s The Hobbit
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Perennial
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I’m getting so spoiled by Toronto transit.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Vacation Book #1
Ebook cover of Stone Blind, held up to a background of white flowers
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
There’s often complaints about how (necessarily) chilly it is in the archives. I’m not hearing those complaints today.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Last day of work before two weeks of vacation. I should feel good about the progress I'm making on my to-do list, but I'm mostly just worried about what I'm forgetting.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Important question: For strawberry shortcake, are you Team Biscuit or Team Angelfood Cake?
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Breaking: Jim Cuddy still very pretty
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It’s a ‘some new stationary and a flat white will fix me’ kind of lunch break.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Sometimes you just need to read some poetry until you cry before you can go back to being a person.
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Heather Allen @heatherhfx.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I'm a week-and-a-half out from vacation and I'm not sure if I'm going to make it. Yeesh.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Ahem.
As a general rule, though, it turns out that ordering people back to the office full time is a power and status move. It’s a signature strategy of leaders who exhibit narcissistic qualities.
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