Nicola Griffith

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

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The dozen daily delights

After the events of the last week I’ve decided to re-list the twelve daily deeds of delight for health and happiness. Each must be performed every single day. Each must be done without hurry, without thinking about what comes next.

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Posted on June 17, 2016 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Almond cake that is good for you

This is almond and strawberry cake that is good for you…

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Posted on June 2, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Brightly-coloured lusciousness

Still having fun fooling about with Diptic. So here are two that I made while having a conversation about Seattle weather. If…

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Posted on November 2, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Bee feet on my food

I’ve been eating a lot of chive flowers. (A lot, period.) This is a photo I took the other day with my…

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Posted on June 18, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Meatloaf and bashed neeps

I like to eat. I like to eat a lot. Last night I indulged myself. On the menu: meatloaf (about one pound…

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Posted on May 19, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Dunham Cellars: American wine worth drinking

I’ve talked often in the past of my lack of enjoyment of American wines. I’ve had all kinds, everything from Washington Merlot…

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Posted on April 3, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Marooned

It started snowing in earnest first thing Tuesday morning: It stopped yesterday, but everything stayed frozen. Today it’s a little warmer, but…

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Posted on January 19, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Sharing breakfast

A squirrel and I munched companionably at breakfast this morning–right next to each other, though separated by glass. It looks as though…

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Posted on December 5, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The difference between oregano and marjoram

The kerbs keeps growing. The oregano and marjoram have tangled up with each other and…fused. And, honestly, I just can’t tell the…

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Posted on January 30, 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

Nickel Creek and the Kerbs

Not a new band name, sadly. Nope, we’re in the middle of a Pineapple Express. Under the house, the sump pump is…

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Posted on December 12, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Strange light

The light is strange here this morning. Perhaps it’s just the time change, but the leaves of the trees just outside my…

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Posted on November 7, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Fruit, fruit, more fruit–and c-r-e-a-m….

I spent most of yesterday eating. Nectarines, cherries, raspberries, all with lashings of thick thick thick fresh fresh fresh cream. I just…

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Posted on July 5, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

food glorious food

Yesterday was my 20th anniversary of moving to this country: 20 years of living every day under the same roof as Kelley….

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Posted on December 12, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Best. Armagnac. Ever.

photo from vendor’s website For my birthday, a friend sent me a bottle of the finest Armagnac I’ve ever tasted: a 1980…

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Posted on October 5, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

a beautiful day

Yesterday was our anniversary. We took the day off: ten whole hours without screens and keyboards and connectivity. So what did we…

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Posted on September 5, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Satisfying moment

Kelley and I had lunch in an old haunt yesterday. Julia’s is a Wallingford (a Seattle neighbourhood) institution. It’s a Very Worthy…

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Posted on August 7, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

McGyver meals #2

Tuesday night we had half an andouille sausage, one chicken breast, a few tablespoons of cream, strained tomato, 3 courgettes and about…

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Posted on July 30, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

dinner dinner, yum yum

Last night we ate a pre-anniversary dinner at Rover’s. We opted for their ‘Twist on a Classic’ prix fixe, which was delicious…

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Posted on June 18, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

book covers to make you giggle, and Happy Thing!

So if you’re au fait with the last 20 years of f/sf, this post of wicked funny fake book covers will make…

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Posted on December 25, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

solstice whiteout

This morning we woke to a winter wonderland. the ravine this morning Today I feel peaceful and contemplative. In honour of that,…

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Posted on December 21, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

eat your addiction away

From the Economist, an interesting piece on a dietary approach to treating addiction: PEOPLE are programmed for addiction. Their brains are designed…

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Posted on October 26, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

yumminess through the ages

The Guardian tells us about Richard II’s cookbook–well, not his, but his master cooks’: A rare medieval cookbook is to be digitally…

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Posted on September 22, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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