Nicola Griffith

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

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Herbs, kerbs, perbs, and honeysuckle

It’s a grey day here, a mizzle of drizzle. But the garden is lush. Next time the sun comes out, I’ll take…

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Posted on June 23, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Coupla pictures for Sunday

I’ve started to read Hild now. I have to say (modesty is not in my DNA) the first hundred pages rock the…

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Posted on March 6, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Daffodils and roses and truffles

Breakfast: Irish breakfast tea, scrambled egg (with parsley and chives, our very own kerbs) on toast, followed by handmade Cognac truffles–while the…

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Posted on February 14, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Lazarus kerbs

So after a near-death experience, followed by pruning (heavy-heart, firm hand*), it look as though our oregano, marjoram, and thyme might make…

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Posted on February 13, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kerbs and perbs and rock n roll

The Tragedy of the kerbs (kitchen herbs, grown hydroponically) is still a mystery. But we’ve taken radical steps. We cut all the…

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Posted on February 9, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Tragedy in Kerbville

Our kerbs got breathed on last night by a frost giant from an alien dimension. Or something. The oregano and marjoram have…

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Posted on February 6, 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

Kerbian explosion

The kerbs have been feeding us for three weeks now. As you can see, harvesting them just encourages their insane growth. The…

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Posted on January 23, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Breakage

Yesterday was a day of breakage. We woke up to snow, and a ravaged curly willow. The tree had survived the Great…

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Posted on January 13, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kerb explosion

It was just five weeks ago that we started our kitchen bio experiment of growing herbs hydroponically: the kitchen herbs a/k/a the…

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Posted on January 9, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

First green and growing things of 2011

So the kerbs are starting the year well: The chives (out of frame) are tall and skinny, supercilious and supermodel-y. The basil,…

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Posted on January 1, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

2010 in pictures: green and growing things

I got a bit obsessed with plant-based lifeforms this year: the trees in the ravine, the garden, the pot herbs on the…

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Posted on December 28, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Sunshine and kerbs

The sun is shining. The kerbs are growing. DADT has fallen. Life is good. Here, just because I can, are some gratuitous…

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Posted on December 19, 2010 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

It’s alive!!

The kerbs are alive!! The thyme came up first: Closely followed by the oregano: Yeah, you’ll have to squint. My camera only…

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Posted on December 9, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Perbs are dead, long live the kerbs

A picture taken yesterday morning: the torture tree has lost the last of its leaves. Winter is officially upon us. (Here‘s how…

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Posted on December 5, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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