Verity
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Librarian and nerd. Trying to keep my Star Trek posting to a reasonable level. Bi, she/her. Would strongly prefer not to be reposted.
And in Inca Mummy Girl for a less bleak outing.
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
And in Inca Mummy Girl for a less bleak outing.
Seen in Ted (mood: "I have just accidentally killed my mother's boyfriend), Becoming Part 2 (mood: I have just killed my boyfriend and am running away from home), Helpless (mood: my Watcher is secretly taking my powers away and my mother has been kidnapped by an insane vampire).
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Seen in Ted (mood: "I have just accidentally killed my mother's boyfriend), Becoming Part 2 (mood: I have just killed my boyfriend and am running away from home), Helpless (mood: my Watcher is secretly taking my powers away and my mother has been kidnapped by an insane vampire).
Went into London today and visited the Ursula K. Le Guin map exhibition (www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogra...) and then met up with my brother and visited multiple bookshops. Despite my intentions to be somewhat restrained (as I hope to get books for my birthday next week, and Christmas), I got these.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Went into London today and visited the Ursula K. Le Guin map exhibition (www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogra...) and then met up with my brother and visited multiple bookshops. Despite my intentions to be somewhat restrained (as I hope to get books for my birthday next week, and Christmas), I got these.
Cooked the squash today! Roast squash and red onion with pearl barley, spinach and tomatoes, topped with feta and a lemon and tahini dressing. The squash was, sadly, slightly underwhelming, but I've saved lots of seeds for planting/roasting/swapping.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Cooked the squash today! Roast squash and red onion with pearl barley, spinach and tomatoes, topped with feta and a lemon and tahini dressing. The squash was, sadly, slightly underwhelming, but I've saved lots of seeds for planting/roasting/swapping.
Finding the sidebar on the Wikipedia page for Petrarch very funny.
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Finding the sidebar on the Wikipedia page for Petrarch very funny.
Picture from TripAdvisor looking towards the Seven Sisters from Cuckmere Haven: dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-...
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Picture from TripAdvisor looking towards the Seven Sisters from Cuckmere Haven: dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-...
Katie came in from the garden and loudly demanded human attention (then purred while we brushed and stroked her).
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Katie came in from the garden and loudly demanded human attention (then purred while we brushed and stroked her).
Over the summer my mum gave me a small squash plant; I planted it in the vegetable patch, which it ended up sprawling over, and have just harvested its single fruit. Saltshaker for scale.
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Over the summer my mum gave me a small squash plant; I planted it in the vegetable patch, which it ended up sprawling over, and have just harvested its single fruit. Saltshaker for scale.
Despite not having finished the last batch, I have acquired a new batch of library books, because a constant influx of new reading material helps to keep the horrors at bay.
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Despite not having finished the last batch, I have acquired a new batch of library books, because a constant influx of new reading material helps to keep the horrors at bay.
Relatedly, I have always liked this bit from Good Omens.
October 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Relatedly, I have always liked this bit from Good Omens.
The display also has Barbies on broomsticks, wearing knitted dresses. Most of my childhood Barbies were secondhand, and their clothes and accessories were as well; the collection included hand-knitted clothes as well as the standard Barbie ones, and it's nice to see more examples.
October 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The display also has Barbies on broomsticks, wearing knitted dresses. Most of my childhood Barbies were secondhand, and their clothes and accessories were as well; the collection included hand-knitted clothes as well as the standard Barbie ones, and it's nice to see more examples.
From the Hallowe'en display in the window of my local Oxfam. Look, I know that there have been some alarming episodes of clinical negligence, but "surgeon" is not in and of itself a scary costume.
October 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
From the Hallowe'en display in the window of my local Oxfam. Look, I know that there have been some alarming episodes of clinical negligence, but "surgeon" is not in and of itself a scary costume.
I'm sure we're all familiar with the communal pickle barrels that didn't make it into The Dispossessed. (See screenshot from an interview with Le Guin. www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...)
October 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I'm sure we're all familiar with the communal pickle barrels that didn't make it into The Dispossessed. (See screenshot from an interview with Le Guin. www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...)
Reward and consolation books:
October 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reward and consolation books:
I haven't managed to do much gardening this year, but I am proud of the tomatoes I grew from seed. (They're supposed to be small, apparently - the packet described them as currant-sized.)
September 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I haven't managed to do much gardening this year, but I am proud of the tomatoes I grew from seed. (They're supposed to be small, apparently - the packet described them as currant-sized.)
It's new library books time.
September 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's new library books time.
Directly below this:
September 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Directly below this:
I'm not sure that I would put Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in the Historical section, although it does meet most of the criteria that appear above, to be fair.
September 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I'm not sure that I would put Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in the Historical section, although it does meet most of the criteria that appear above, to be fair.
Alert: we've got a cat in the washing basket.
September 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Alert: we've got a cat in the washing basket.
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point.
(I planned to include the image, but according to Wikipedia it is copyrighted and not free to use, so I am avoiding it.)
(Streeting is not actually the worst person I know, but still.)
(I planned to include the image, but according to Wikipedia it is copyrighted and not free to use, so I am avoiding it.)
(Streeting is not actually the worst person I know, but still.)
September 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point.
(I planned to include the image, but according to Wikipedia it is copyrighted and not free to use, so I am avoiding it.)
(Streeting is not actually the worst person I know, but still.)
(I planned to include the image, but according to Wikipedia it is copyrighted and not free to use, so I am avoiding it.)
(Streeting is not actually the worst person I know, but still.)