Samantha (Samanthahalf)
@samanthalf.bsky.social
Librarian, fangirl, crafter, wokerati, she/her. Knitting and spinning and chatting and sewing and reading and generally carrying on. Business librarian in higher ed. Easily distracted. Owns small child and giant baby, posts indulgently on the subject.
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The tagine was delicious. Very pleased with myself.
MY LE CREUSET HAS ARRIVED* AND I AM COOKING WITH IT AND IT'S BUBBLING AWAY ON A REALLY LOW HEAT SO IT WILL DEFINITELY PAY FOR ITSELF IN SAVED ELECTRIC
This is very very thrilling
This is very very thrilling
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The tagine was delicious. Very pleased with myself.
MY LE CREUSET HAS ARRIVED* AND I AM COOKING WITH IT AND IT'S BUBBLING AWAY ON A REALLY LOW HEAT SO IT WILL DEFINITELY PAY FOR ITSELF IN SAVED ELECTRIC
This is very very thrilling
This is very very thrilling
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
MY LE CREUSET HAS ARRIVED* AND I AM COOKING WITH IT AND IT'S BUBBLING AWAY ON A REALLY LOW HEAT SO IT WILL DEFINITELY PAY FOR ITSELF IN SAVED ELECTRIC
This is very very thrilling
This is very very thrilling
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@samanthalf.bsky.social do make sure they have a safety clasp that will break open under pressure though (much like with a cat's collar).
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
@samanthalf.bsky.social do make sure they have a safety clasp that will break open under pressure though (much like with a cat's collar).
I was prepared for the big girl to be jealous of the baby but on the whole it's gone swimmingly.
I wasn't prepared for the baby to be jealous of the big girl. Unfortunately he got very cross with us when I was cuddling her and stonp-crawled up and. Well.
He bit her on the bum.
I wasn't prepared for the baby to be jealous of the big girl. Unfortunately he got very cross with us when I was cuddling her and stonp-crawled up and. Well.
He bit her on the bum.
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I was prepared for the big girl to be jealous of the baby but on the whole it's gone swimmingly.
I wasn't prepared for the baby to be jealous of the big girl. Unfortunately he got very cross with us when I was cuddling her and stonp-crawled up and. Well.
He bit her on the bum.
I wasn't prepared for the baby to be jealous of the big girl. Unfortunately he got very cross with us when I was cuddling her and stonp-crawled up and. Well.
He bit her on the bum.
I'm still on Christmas presents. If you have a small person in need of a stocking filler, get them a lanyard. Big girl got one at a police-themed party and she absolutely loves it,uses it for lots of imaginative play. I'd say probably for the under-8s who still love everyday, being a grown up vibes.
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm still on Christmas presents. If you have a small person in need of a stocking filler, get them a lanyard. Big girl got one at a police-themed party and she absolutely loves it,uses it for lots of imaginative play. I'd say probably for the under-8s who still love everyday, being a grown up vibes.
Everyone cheers to Lorna!!
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Everyone cheers to Lorna!!
Small boy owners! Any ideas for a small gift for a soon to be 7 year old boy? Unfortunately I don't really know him but he's going to become a tenuous relative by marriage soon so it would be nice to give him a little something even if it's generic.
(not his marriage, you understand, his mum)
(not his marriage, you understand, his mum)
November 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Small boy owners! Any ideas for a small gift for a soon to be 7 year old boy? Unfortunately I don't really know him but he's going to become a tenuous relative by marriage soon so it would be nice to give him a little something even if it's generic.
(not his marriage, you understand, his mum)
(not his marriage, you understand, his mum)
Do I want a digital preservation job in Saudi Arabia? Probably not, I think. Quite a long commute and I don't do well in heat.
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Do I want a digital preservation job in Saudi Arabia? Probably not, I think. Quite a long commute and I don't do well in heat.
Today is AWFUL please send good vibes and sympathy
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Today is AWFUL please send good vibes and sympathy
My five year old has not stopped talking to even breathe since she got home from school.
I'm not even sure she stopped while eating.
Inside her head must be just fireworks going off at random.
I'm not even sure she stopped while eating.
Inside her head must be just fireworks going off at random.
November 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
My five year old has not stopped talking to even breathe since she got home from school.
I'm not even sure she stopped while eating.
Inside her head must be just fireworks going off at random.
I'm not even sure she stopped while eating.
Inside her head must be just fireworks going off at random.
You couldn't find an appropriate substitution for tenderstem broccoli, Tesco? Really?
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
You couldn't find an appropriate substitution for tenderstem broccoli, Tesco? Really?
He's referring to it as a Spaghetti Western.
Send help.
Send help.
Due to someone* putting things in the freezer without labelling them, we're having chilli with pasta and garlic bread for tea.
*I can tell you it wasn't me and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the baby.
*I can tell you it wasn't me and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the baby.
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
He's referring to it as a Spaghetti Western.
Send help.
Send help.
Due to someone* putting things in the freezer without labelling them, we're having chilli with pasta and garlic bread for tea.
*I can tell you it wasn't me and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the baby.
*I can tell you it wasn't me and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the baby.
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Due to someone* putting things in the freezer without labelling them, we're having chilli with pasta and garlic bread for tea.
*I can tell you it wasn't me and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the baby.
*I can tell you it wasn't me and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the baby.
Why is the entire internet trying to get me to cut up oranges* and bake them** and hang them up in my house*** and saying it's sustainable?
You know what's sustainable? The Christmas decorations I already own. Not baked.
*international shipping
**unnecessary power use
***fruit flies
You know what's sustainable? The Christmas decorations I already own. Not baked.
*international shipping
**unnecessary power use
***fruit flies
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Why is the entire internet trying to get me to cut up oranges* and bake them** and hang them up in my house*** and saying it's sustainable?
You know what's sustainable? The Christmas decorations I already own. Not baked.
*international shipping
**unnecessary power use
***fruit flies
You know what's sustainable? The Christmas decorations I already own. Not baked.
*international shipping
**unnecessary power use
***fruit flies
Oh dear. Doing train puns on the family group chat and I said "don't get your pantographs in a twist"
And it does not seem that anyone else knows what a pantograph is, and I only do because I used to work with an academic who was a world expert in them, and this is the curse of the librarian.
And it does not seem that anyone else knows what a pantograph is, and I only do because I used to work with an academic who was a world expert in them, and this is the curse of the librarian.
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Oh dear. Doing train puns on the family group chat and I said "don't get your pantographs in a twist"
And it does not seem that anyone else knows what a pantograph is, and I only do because I used to work with an academic who was a world expert in them, and this is the curse of the librarian.
And it does not seem that anyone else knows what a pantograph is, and I only do because I used to work with an academic who was a world expert in them, and this is the curse of the librarian.
Whilst I remember, we ended up with this version of the Illiad and Odyssey: www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/produc...
It is just right for age 5. Thank you for everyone's help! I've got got a further list for later, and we're currently looking at one of the more teenage graphic novels from the library.
It is just right for age 5. Thank you for everyone's help! I've got got a further list for later, and we're currently looking at one of the more teenage graphic novels from the library.
The Iliad and the Odyssey
Thrilling comic-strip action, with monsters, mighty heroes and even mightier gods and goddesses. The Iliad tells the story of the war between Greeks and Trojans; the love between Helena and Paris; Ach...
www.worldofbooks.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Whilst I remember, we ended up with this version of the Illiad and Odyssey: www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/produc...
It is just right for age 5. Thank you for everyone's help! I've got got a further list for later, and we're currently looking at one of the more teenage graphic novels from the library.
It is just right for age 5. Thank you for everyone's help! I've got got a further list for later, and we're currently looking at one of the more teenage graphic novels from the library.
I bought a massive tin of Swedish biscuits from Costco because I wanted the tin for craft things and because a passing chap said they were amazing.
Unfortunately they are amazing. Small, thin, crunchy rounds of, I think, cardamom and cinnamon? Nutmeg?
They are amazing.
Unfortunately they are amazing. Small, thin, crunchy rounds of, I think, cardamom and cinnamon? Nutmeg?
They are amazing.
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I bought a massive tin of Swedish biscuits from Costco because I wanted the tin for craft things and because a passing chap said they were amazing.
Unfortunately they are amazing. Small, thin, crunchy rounds of, I think, cardamom and cinnamon? Nutmeg?
They are amazing.
Unfortunately they are amazing. Small, thin, crunchy rounds of, I think, cardamom and cinnamon? Nutmeg?
They are amazing.
Getting very very sick of long journeys that end with people who can't drive lurching around the M25 in Defenders like zombies that want to eat Micras and Fiat 500s for breakfast.
Plus bikers: my god leave yourself a bit of space. I swear one gave themselves less than a foot of space overtaking me.
Plus bikers: my god leave yourself a bit of space. I swear one gave themselves less than a foot of space overtaking me.
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Getting very very sick of long journeys that end with people who can't drive lurching around the M25 in Defenders like zombies that want to eat Micras and Fiat 500s for breakfast.
Plus bikers: my god leave yourself a bit of space. I swear one gave themselves less than a foot of space overtaking me.
Plus bikers: my god leave yourself a bit of space. I swear one gave themselves less than a foot of space overtaking me.
Due to some building work we are having to stay at a holiday lodge close to my in laws.
I booked the cheapest nearest thing that had enough space for us to have two bedrooms for children storage. Couldn't get a caravan bc couldn't fit cot.
Anyway I'm having a sauna in a lodge bigger than my house.
I booked the cheapest nearest thing that had enough space for us to have two bedrooms for children storage. Couldn't get a caravan bc couldn't fit cot.
Anyway I'm having a sauna in a lodge bigger than my house.
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Due to some building work we are having to stay at a holiday lodge close to my in laws.
I booked the cheapest nearest thing that had enough space for us to have two bedrooms for children storage. Couldn't get a caravan bc couldn't fit cot.
Anyway I'm having a sauna in a lodge bigger than my house.
I booked the cheapest nearest thing that had enough space for us to have two bedrooms for children storage. Couldn't get a caravan bc couldn't fit cot.
Anyway I'm having a sauna in a lodge bigger than my house.
Bring out Alan so Paloma can eat him
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Bring out Alan so Paloma can eat him
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@florilegia.bsky.social my phone is super broken and I can't get onto WhatsApp: I aten't ded, pls spread word
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
@florilegia.bsky.social my phone is super broken and I can't get onto WhatsApp: I aten't ded, pls spread word
My phone is broken!! I only just got the spare charged up! OH MY GOD TRAITORS OH MY GOD
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
My phone is broken!! I only just got the spare charged up! OH MY GOD TRAITORS OH MY GOD