Heather Laura Clarke
@hfxheather.bsky.social
Marketing manager by day, aspiring novelist by dawn. Proud member of the #5amWritersClub. Lover of sewing, tea, and clacky pink keyboards. She/Her.
Parenting is a riot honestly 10/10 😂
December 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Parenting is a riot honestly 10/10 😂
Writing out Christmas cards and pretending I’m Taylor Swift writing out bonus cards in Episode 2.
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Writing out Christmas cards and pretending I’m Taylor Swift writing out bonus cards in Episode 2.
I made this ornament in 2021. Four years later, shit is even MORE expensive. 🥴
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I made this ornament in 2021. Four years later, shit is even MORE expensive. 🥴
The local youths are appreciating my 6/7 pumpkin. 🎃 👏 Lots of little squeals of “Six sevennnnnn!”
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The local youths are appreciating my 6/7 pumpkin. 🎃 👏 Lots of little squeals of “Six sevennnnnn!”
The mornings are dark again, and a part of my soul has been restored. 🍂
Calm, dark, quiet.
The very best time of day.
Calm, dark, quiet.
The very best time of day.
August 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The mornings are dark again, and a part of my soul has been restored. 🍂
Calm, dark, quiet.
The very best time of day.
Calm, dark, quiet.
The very best time of day.
There will never be a cuter kite-flying event in Truro, ever. 🪁
August 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
There will never be a cuter kite-flying event in Truro, ever. 🪁
Saturday morning to-do list, apparently. 🪴 Forty-five other items, seriously?!
August 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Saturday morning to-do list, apparently. 🪴 Forty-five other items, seriously?!
I did love this comment, though. 😂
August 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I did love this comment, though. 😂
Stuffy Riders was in the Truro Mall for a while.
It was honestly mayhem, with kids zooming around unattended, squeezing through narrow parts of the hall between kiosks, barely dodging shoppers.
Pretty fun, though. (I hitched a few rides.)
It was honestly mayhem, with kids zooming around unattended, squeezing through narrow parts of the hall between kiosks, barely dodging shoppers.
Pretty fun, though. (I hitched a few rides.)
August 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Stuffy Riders was in the Truro Mall for a while.
It was honestly mayhem, with kids zooming around unattended, squeezing through narrow parts of the hall between kiosks, barely dodging shoppers.
Pretty fun, though. (I hitched a few rides.)
It was honestly mayhem, with kids zooming around unattended, squeezing through narrow parts of the hall between kiosks, barely dodging shoppers.
Pretty fun, though. (I hitched a few rides.)
My baby boy (15) just got home from a very very very very long (two-week) Cadet training camp.
It’s so sweet to see him delighting in the little things, like private bathrooms and a couch and a computer and no stinky kids in neighbouring bunks.
It’s so sweet to see him delighting in the little things, like private bathrooms and a couch and a computer and no stinky kids in neighbouring bunks.
July 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My baby boy (15) just got home from a very very very very long (two-week) Cadet training camp.
It’s so sweet to see him delighting in the little things, like private bathrooms and a couch and a computer and no stinky kids in neighbouring bunks.
It’s so sweet to see him delighting in the little things, like private bathrooms and a couch and a computer and no stinky kids in neighbouring bunks.
Pakistan won’t stop calling me 😭
May 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Pakistan won’t stop calling me 😭
Found a book of crossword puzzles from 1994.
I was 11 then, so some of the references either make no sense to me now (“Onassis and Meyers,” “Donna, Oliver, or Rex”).
Goofed on a few other puzzles close to the end, but this is the first one I finished perfectly.
I was 11 then, so some of the references either make no sense to me now (“Onassis and Meyers,” “Donna, Oliver, or Rex”).
Goofed on a few other puzzles close to the end, but this is the first one I finished perfectly.
May 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Found a book of crossword puzzles from 1994.
I was 11 then, so some of the references either make no sense to me now (“Onassis and Meyers,” “Donna, Oliver, or Rex”).
Goofed on a few other puzzles close to the end, but this is the first one I finished perfectly.
I was 11 then, so some of the references either make no sense to me now (“Onassis and Meyers,” “Donna, Oliver, or Rex”).
Goofed on a few other puzzles close to the end, but this is the first one I finished perfectly.
The average Canadian has three friends.
May 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The average Canadian has three friends.
Frigging cake pops.
Every time, I swear I’ll never make them again because they’re such a pain in the ass.
Then they suck me back in with their cuteness.
Every time, I swear I’ll never make them again because they’re such a pain in the ass.
Then they suck me back in with their cuteness.
April 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Frigging cake pops.
Every time, I swear I’ll never make them again because they’re such a pain in the ass.
Then they suck me back in with their cuteness.
Every time, I swear I’ll never make them again because they’re such a pain in the ass.
Then they suck me back in with their cuteness.
Wholesome reminder texts I send myself.
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Wholesome reminder texts I send myself.
A snow day on April 8?!
I turned off the kids’ alarms and put out the classic “no school sign” so they see it when they inevitably stumble into the hallway.
I turned off the kids’ alarms and put out the classic “no school sign” so they see it when they inevitably stumble into the hallway.
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A snow day on April 8?!
I turned off the kids’ alarms and put out the classic “no school sign” so they see it when they inevitably stumble into the hallway.
I turned off the kids’ alarms and put out the classic “no school sign” so they see it when they inevitably stumble into the hallway.
This is a delightfully soothing throwback to the early- to mid-2000s.
March 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is a delightfully soothing throwback to the early- to mid-2000s.
The problem with modern milk cartons all having the plastic screw-top is that when I’m forced to open an old-school cardboard top, I have lost all my 80s/90s kid ability to do that.
Had to tear into that poor guy for my hotel morning tea.
Had to tear into that poor guy for my hotel morning tea.
March 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The problem with modern milk cartons all having the plastic screw-top is that when I’m forced to open an old-school cardboard top, I have lost all my 80s/90s kid ability to do that.
Had to tear into that poor guy for my hotel morning tea.
Had to tear into that poor guy for my hotel morning tea.
When we make Alexa announcements in the house, they also ping our phones.
(Including our teenage son’s phone.)
Naturally, my husband and I find it hilarious to make fake announcements that will annoy him while he’s at school. 😂
Follow me for parenting tips.
(Including our teenage son’s phone.)
Naturally, my husband and I find it hilarious to make fake announcements that will annoy him while he’s at school. 😂
Follow me for parenting tips.
March 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When we make Alexa announcements in the house, they also ping our phones.
(Including our teenage son’s phone.)
Naturally, my husband and I find it hilarious to make fake announcements that will annoy him while he’s at school. 😂
Follow me for parenting tips.
(Including our teenage son’s phone.)
Naturally, my husband and I find it hilarious to make fake announcements that will annoy him while he’s at school. 😂
Follow me for parenting tips.
10 years since my photo of the giant snowbanks made it on BuzzFeed.
March 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
10 years since my photo of the giant snowbanks made it on BuzzFeed.
Easy upcycle in our basement family room.
We had a cabinet we no longer needed (that came from Kijiji like 10 years ago).
Flipped it on its side, painted it the wall colour, and got a free console table for behind the hide-a-bed.
We had a cabinet we no longer needed (that came from Kijiji like 10 years ago).
Flipped it on its side, painted it the wall colour, and got a free console table for behind the hide-a-bed.
March 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Easy upcycle in our basement family room.
We had a cabinet we no longer needed (that came from Kijiji like 10 years ago).
Flipped it on its side, painted it the wall colour, and got a free console table for behind the hide-a-bed.
We had a cabinet we no longer needed (that came from Kijiji like 10 years ago).
Flipped it on its side, painted it the wall colour, and got a free console table for behind the hide-a-bed.
I rage-quit Netflix the last time the price went up.
A few weeks later, Michael caved and signed up for a new Netflix account with his email. (I grumbled, but still watched it.)
Yesterday, we got notified about another price hike and our son immediately put the house on alert. 😂
A few weeks later, Michael caved and signed up for a new Netflix account with his email. (I grumbled, but still watched it.)
Yesterday, we got notified about another price hike and our son immediately put the house on alert. 😂
February 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I rage-quit Netflix the last time the price went up.
A few weeks later, Michael caved and signed up for a new Netflix account with his email. (I grumbled, but still watched it.)
Yesterday, we got notified about another price hike and our son immediately put the house on alert. 😂
A few weeks later, Michael caved and signed up for a new Netflix account with his email. (I grumbled, but still watched it.)
Yesterday, we got notified about another price hike and our son immediately put the house on alert. 😂
I humbly present … the closest I have ever come to homemade PretzelMaker pretzels 🥨
February 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I humbly present … the closest I have ever come to homemade PretzelMaker pretzels 🥨
I’m in 🇨🇦 so I can screen-record anything you didn’t get to save, and send it to you, if it helps. 💕
January 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I’m in 🇨🇦 so I can screen-record anything you didn’t get to save, and send it to you, if it helps. 💕
I don’t know when Google Calendar rolled out custom colours (instead of the standard Banana, Tomato, Tangerine etc.) but I am VERY grateful to have stumbled upon them this morning. 👏
January 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I don’t know when Google Calendar rolled out custom colours (instead of the standard Banana, Tomato, Tangerine etc.) but I am VERY grateful to have stumbled upon them this morning. 👏