Nicola Griffith

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

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All is well with the world

Yesterday was an astonishingly sunny day here in Seattle. I was serenaded by a fat bird at breakfast: And in the afternoon,…

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Posted on January 24, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

It Was the Snow

A picture of our street taken Friday Thursday afternoon by our favourite photographer, Jennifer Durham (who took these snapshots with her phone),…

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Posted on January 21, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

How to take down a mammoth

Still snowing. Huge icicle hanging outside our kitchen could probably take down a mammoth. There’s an ice storm warning in effect for…

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Posted on January 19, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

How I look now

photo by Riva Lehrer, January 2012 This photo is by the artist Riva Lehrer. It’s low-res and not well-lit because it’s just…

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Posted on January 18, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Some sun to go with that

I’m enjoying the conversation about Tolkien and literature we started yesterday. Here’s a bit of sunshine to go with that: early morning…

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Posted on January 7, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ominous to glittering to eerie glow

Here’s how yesterday morning began: dull, grey, and ominous, with a carpet of frost–thick as cat fur–on every surface: And here’s how…

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Posted on December 10, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The cat who gave thanks

The nieghbourhood cat, whom we call Chow Ciao, but whose new owners have named something like Kira, has been visiting every morning….

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Posted on November 25, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Big as a battering ram

Until a month ago, I had no idea that Brussels sprouts grew on stalks. I’d only ever seen them loose, or pre-packaged:…

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Posted on November 17, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Blazing happiness

I have been having a truly marvellous few days. Hild is now safely in the hands of editors on either side of…

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Posted on November 14, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Tech gremlins

On Monday tech gremlins started chewing on random things in our house. First up: voicemail. The gremlin ate our message and started…

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Posted on November 2, 2011 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

Light of the World

These are the flowers that a neighbour brought round yesterday for Kelley’s birthday. Nothing to do with this post. I just thought…

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Posted on September 22, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Fallen trees and setting sun

Yesterday was our wedding anniversary. Crapcam got a workout. First we were in the park. I spotted this fallen and naturally split…

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Posted on September 5, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Vines do grow

The honeysuckle is blossoming, twining vinously over everything. Sort of like my Hild sentences. The vines, though, will just get bigger and…

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Posted on August 11, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Honeysuckle and kadsura

A while ago our neighbours tore down some trees and left us no privacy to the west of the house. So we…

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Posted on July 24, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Hild update

I’m now just past halfway through my first-pass rewrite of Hild. I’ve already lost more than fifty pages. If you recall the…

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Posted on June 13, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Awful sartorial choices of 1997

Holly Wade Matter recently posted these photos of me and Kelley, from 1997, on Facebook. Aargh!! All I can say is: our…

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Posted on June 11, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

A pretty for you

I’m not around much today, so I thought I’d offer you this photo I took of my office window a couple of…

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Posted on June 3, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Microbial food action: Old World vs. New

photo: Vonda McIntyre, courtesy of Nancy Kress At lunch this weekend with a bunch o’ writers, Vonda McIntyre asked a question I…

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Posted on May 17, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Sunshine and perbs

It’s going to be a beautiful day here in Seattle, warm and sunny, and like the rest of the population I’m going…

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Posted on May 1, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spring

I had planned a gorgeous series of photos to show you how the garden has suddenly leapt into bloom. And that the…

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Posted on April 23, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Greening leaves

Yesterday I promised you a review of Camelot. I lied. The review will be a bit of a rant, I think, and…

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Posted on April 9, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Lift your face to the sun–and get beaten bloody

According to my calendar, this is what April looks like: Sun, scent of flowers, the zuzz of bumble bees, birdsong, blue skies……

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Posted on April 7, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Look! Real blossom! Growing things!

The other day, when I said The alders are doing that feathery thing, a couple of people asked what I meant. I…

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Posted on March 26, 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
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