Heather Clitheroe 🇨🇦
@lectio.bsky.social
PhD student in English at UCalgary, adult ed teacher, reader, spec fic writer, and all-around nerd and horsegirl. she/her/they/them
My entry in the Faculty of Grad Studies 'Images of Research' contest is up for a People's Choice Award...you can vote here: grad.ucalgary.ca/images-resea...
That's Elymus innovatus, or wild rye. I took the picture at the Royal Ontario Museum, looking at the stories scientific collections tell.
That's Elymus innovatus, or wild rye. I took the picture at the Royal Ontario Museum, looking at the stories scientific collections tell.
January 22, 2026 at 2:46 AM
My entry in the Faculty of Grad Studies 'Images of Research' contest is up for a People's Choice Award...you can vote here: grad.ucalgary.ca/images-resea...
That's Elymus innovatus, or wild rye. I took the picture at the Royal Ontario Museum, looking at the stories scientific collections tell.
That's Elymus innovatus, or wild rye. I took the picture at the Royal Ontario Museum, looking at the stories scientific collections tell.
Putting in my science fiction essay entry for this contest, and it certainly has a different feel to it today than it did a couple of days ago.
(www.canada.ca/en/departmen...)
(www.canada.ca/en/departmen...)
January 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Putting in my science fiction essay entry for this contest, and it certainly has a different feel to it today than it did a couple of days ago.
(www.canada.ca/en/departmen...)
(www.canada.ca/en/departmen...)
Oh no the void is here
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Oh no the void is here
HAVE YOU WRITT YOUR WORDZ
January 3, 2026 at 4:40 AM
HAVE YOU WRITT YOUR WORDZ
He's his own cliffhanger.
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 AM
He's his own cliffhanger.
Just writing a story with an overseer.
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Just writing a story with an overseer.
The @berliner-philharmoniker.de's 'digital concert hall's streaming service is so worthwhile. I have a monthly subscription and this evening, I'm listening to chamber music. www.digitalconcerthall.com/en
December 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The @berliner-philharmoniker.de's 'digital concert hall's streaming service is so worthwhile. I have a monthly subscription and this evening, I'm listening to chamber music. www.digitalconcerthall.com/en
Roads are cleared down to bare pavement but the sidewalks are a sloppy mess. @calgary.ca @jeromyyyc.bsky.social why can't we do just as well for pedestrians?
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Roads are cleared down to bare pavement but the sidewalks are a sloppy mess. @calgary.ca @jeromyyyc.bsky.social why can't we do just as well for pedestrians?
For a moment, I was really excited for the bird observatory.
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
For a moment, I was really excited for the bird observatory.
Uh... Americans? You, um, okay down there?
October 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Uh... Americans? You, um, okay down there?
Legitimate pitch I received today for a service to promote to my students who want to be authos. Don't worry, they can offer ghaostwriting, too. And a discount! 👻
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Legitimate pitch I received today for a service to promote to my students who want to be authos. Don't worry, they can offer ghaostwriting, too. And a discount! 👻
Pretty Penny would like you to know that screens shall not contain her.
August 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Pretty Penny would like you to know that screens shall not contain her.
How my candidacy reading is going...
I made countdown formulas and a spiffy chart for my reading spreadsheet.
That counts, right? #phdstudent #englishphd
I made countdown formulas and a spiffy chart for my reading spreadsheet.
That counts, right? #phdstudent #englishphd
August 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
How my candidacy reading is going...
I made countdown formulas and a spiffy chart for my reading spreadsheet.
That counts, right? #phdstudent #englishphd
I made countdown formulas and a spiffy chart for my reading spreadsheet.
That counts, right? #phdstudent #englishphd
Mr. Rogers hopes to be nominated next year.
August 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Mr. Rogers hopes to be nominated next year.
I'm starting the work of reading for next year's candidacy exams in English literature, and I will take any and all of your candidacy prep advice! #phd
August 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I'm starting the work of reading for next year's candidacy exams in English literature, and I will take any and all of your candidacy prep advice! #phd
Listen 2: Malcolm Forsyth's Atayoskewin. The piece was commissioned by Shell Canada to mark the 1984 opening of the Scotford Refinery.
August 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Listen 2: Malcolm Forsyth's Atayoskewin. The piece was commissioned by Shell Canada to mark the 1984 opening of the Scotford Refinery.
Tonight's listening. 🎧
August 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Tonight's listening. 🎧
Imagine my delight when I discovered today that used classical music LPs sell for $5 at the record store...that's all!! Sorry to say that I won't have the record player until tomorrow, so tonight I'm just looking at the covers.
August 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Imagine my delight when I discovered today that used classical music LPs sell for $5 at the record store...that's all!! Sorry to say that I won't have the record player until tomorrow, so tonight I'm just looking at the covers.
These little cats have captured my heart.
July 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
These little cats have captured my heart.
Saw a very cool pile of snakes doing snakey things on yesterday's run. These are little garter snakes.
July 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Saw a very cool pile of snakes doing snakey things on yesterday's run. These are little garter snakes.
Here comes today's forest fire smoke...
June 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here comes today's forest fire smoke...