Nicola Griffith

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

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Kitten Report #21: One year ends, another begins

The cats offer wisdom and I express two hopes for 2022.

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Posted on December 31, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten report #20: Not dead yet [photos]

Charlie and George continue to steadily deplete their nine-life ration. George had another close call—but everyone’s fine.

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Posted on November 13, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #19: Sad, abandoned, lost and betrayed! [photos]

We’ve been with Charlie and George 24/7 since we adopted them in August 2019. The thought of leaving them for nine days without being able to explain to them that we were coming back was…not thrilling.

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Posted on October 9, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Çaturday with Charlie and George

In which I experiment with Procreate brushes—with limited success—to make portraits of Charlie and George

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Posted on July 3, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #18: Two-and-a-bit years old

Charlie and George are two years old—no longer kittens but full-grown cats. Maybe. Their personalities have grown more distinct.

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Posted on June 20, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Happy Çaturday!

Here, on the occasion of his second birthday, is a drawing I made of George

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Posted on May 15, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #17: Songbird Fever

In which George spends a couple of days in kitty hospital on IV antibiotics and resolves never to eat a bird again.

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Posted on January 18, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #15: Einstein Houdini Ferociraptors

Charlie and George now team-hunt, and the are a brilliant escape-artiste duo.

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Posted on July 31, 2020 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #14: One year in the big wide world [photo, video]

Today Charlie and George are exactly one year old. They came to us as tiny rescue kitties, the only survivors of a litter of six, but today they are lords of their domain. And for their birthday we gave them a brief adventure in the great outdoors…

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Posted on May 13, 2020 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #13: Social distancing

At almost 11 months , Charlie and George struggle to understand shelter-in-place and social distancing.

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Posted on April 7, 2020 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #12: A new decade [photos]

Charlie and George are eight months old. They are big and strong and full of beans.

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Posted on January 18, 2020 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #11: Seven months old today [photos]

Today our rescue kitties Charlie and George, are exactly seven months old. Despite being brothers, they are developing very differently.

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Posted on December 13, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Holiday greetings from Charlie and George

Until I find a new way to destroy the Christmas tree, here are Charlie and George brimming with holiday feelings

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Posted on December 7, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten report #10: The evolving disability consciousness of Charlie and George [photo, video]

In just a few months, Charlie and George have taken giant steps in disability consciousness. Their evolution has progressed in leaps and bounds (often while hanging upside down from the curtains or falling in the bath).

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Posted on December 3, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten report #09: Six months old!

Charlie and George are now six months old. They’ve come a long way.

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Posted on November 13, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in 1-aud-books
Two tabby cats sitting up after a nap on a woven throw next to a laptop.

Kitten report #08: Kipper and Ripper

Charlie and George are 10 days shy of 6 months old. They swing wildly between sweet fluffy fuzzballs and manic murdercats. They need new toys. Suggestions?

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Posted on October 31, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #07: the chameleon twins [photos]

Charlie and George are now 5 months old. One minute they look very grown up, then, in the blink of an eye, they revert to the itty bitty new-to-the-world kitties we brought home two months ago.

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Posted on October 16, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
Two tabby kittens fast asleep on a white sofa, spooning, one with a protective paw over the other

Kitten Report #06 [photos and video]

The continuing adventures of tabby kittens Charlie and George, aged 19 weeks and 1 day.

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Posted on October 7, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #05: Visual rehab [photo and video]

Kitty report #5, in which Charlie gets home-made visual rehab and begins to adapt to his visual impairment

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Posted on September 28, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten report #04: The tiny years

Here are four pictures of Charlie and George as teeny tiny foster kitties.

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Posted on September 21, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
Tabby kitten sitting on brilliant red cushion staring like a demon

Kitten report #03

Kitten report, with photos: a neurological accident, amazing recovery, and a very protective brother.

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Posted on September 14, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten report #02

A photo and video update of the continuing adventures of kittens Charlie and George.

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Posted on September 7, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten report #01

The latest report on the intrepid adventures of Charlie and George, tabby brothers, 15 1/2 weeks old. With photos.

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Posted on August 30, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
Two tabby kitties on a bed. Huge ears, huge eyes, hugely loved.

Itty bitty pretty kitties: kitten report #0

Introducing our new kitty overlords, Charlie and George: 12-week-old tabby kittens.

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Posted on August 21, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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