Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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Boundless blue beauty

Here’s a photo taken earlier this week–Wednesday afternoon–looking out over Puget Sound. The long low bit is Bainbridge Island. Behind it, the…

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Posted on January 14, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Inside and out, a contrast in pictures

So that’s what my office looked like this morning. Which is why I fled here: Oh, it’s so nice not to have…

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Posted on October 20, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Weather drama

Yesterday morning was full of sunshine. We immediately scrapped our plans and went to the park–because at the end of September, every…

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Posted on October 1, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Crow flow

Yesterday was a beautiful day here, so we went to the park. Astonishingly, given the sunshine, we had the whole creek-side to…

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Posted on February 8, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

In the valley of the frost giants

I’ve had a wonderful first 36 hours of 2011. It began with two delicious bottles of Champagne: our last bottle of Krug,…

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Posted on January 2, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Crappy photos can look good

I love my iThing, but the camera seriously sucks. Having said that, here’s a photo I just took at Carkeek Park: I…

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Posted on December 17, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I declare a holiday

In which there will be no blogging except to say I’ll be playing with Hild and then playing with my iThing (iPod…

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Posted on November 21, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Salmon are running!

(Thanks, Jennifer) I haven’t been to the park for more than a week. It seems the fish don’t need my help. But,…

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Posted on November 14, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Gratuitous tree shot

Every autumn I take photos of the sherbet-coloured leaves on the trees outside my office window. Every autumn I end up with…

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Posted on November 12, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

happy rats

Yesterday, it poured down here in Seattle. But we needed to get outside, so we thought, Ah, fuck it, let’s go to…

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Posted on February 4, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

mist

On Thursday we went to the park. It was quiet and still, and mild for this time of year (not too far…

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Posted on December 19, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

frost and sun

I woke up this morning to light shining on the wall. “What the fuck is that?” I scrambled out of bed, blinking,…

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Posted on December 2, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

by the Salish Sea

from Wikimedia Commons It’s official. Kelley and I now live by the Salish Sea. We still live by Puget Sound, of course–it’s…

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Posted on November 21, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

crow flash mob

I’m still off the grid but, thanks to the wonders of technology, here’s something I wrote three days ago… Yesterday Kelley and…

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Posted on October 24, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

just for now

Yesterday the weather here in Seattle was perfect–a day stolen from early May. We went to the park (again). Kelley has a…

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Posted on April 8, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

brightly coloured snacks

I took the camera to the park yesterday to take pictures of the salmon that should be running. There were none. This…

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Posted on December 6, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Carkeek Park

Yesterday was a grey and rainy day here in Seattle. Kelley and I were feeling a bit cooped up so we went…

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Posted on November 22, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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