Nicola Pitchford
@npitchford.bsky.social
Immigrant. Winner of the inaugural Nature Chronicles Prize (2022). She/her. In Northern California on unceded Coast Miwok land.
Thank you. I learned to deepen it a bit (á l’americaine) but never to like it.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thank you. I learned to deepen it a bit (á l’americaine) but never to like it.
(Touting my expertise in praising Polly’s voice: my horrid transatlantic nasal croak & I were on Inland Empire radio weekly for five years, back in the previous century.)
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
(Touting my expertise in praising Polly’s voice: my horrid transatlantic nasal croak & I were on Inland Empire radio weekly for five years, back in the previous century.)
Ah, Wuthering Heights soundtrack. Now it's less mysterious & merely excellent.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Ah, Wuthering Heights soundtrack. Now it's less mysterious & merely excellent.
With all this (looks about, waves arms weakly), you wrote a book!!
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
With all this (looks about, waves arms weakly), you wrote a book!!
Ooooh! Fabulous.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ooooh! Fabulous.
A few thousand!🤯
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A few thousand!🤯
I don’t understand the collaboration as a concept. But as music, it’s fantastic.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I don’t understand the collaboration as a concept. But as music, it’s fantastic.
I’m fascinated by medlars. Have never tasted one (or even seen one, that I was aware), but I think the word “bletted” is fabulous.
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I’m fascinated by medlars. Have never tasted one (or even seen one, that I was aware), but I think the word “bletted” is fabulous.
It’s all in the angle of the left eyebrow.
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
It’s all in the angle of the left eyebrow.
I’m afraid it’s Scotty.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I’m afraid it’s Scotty.
Keep thinking of your wee spud when I see my late aunty's vintage Scotty, who was handed down first to her younger sister (my mum) & subsequently to me. I think this well-loved fellow is approaching 100, so his stuffing has moved a bit with gravity & there's grey in his fur. But who amongst us....
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Keep thinking of your wee spud when I see my late aunty's vintage Scotty, who was handed down first to her younger sister (my mum) & subsequently to me. I think this well-loved fellow is approaching 100, so his stuffing has moved a bit with gravity & there's grey in his fur. But who amongst us....
Beautiful. Happy birthday!
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Beautiful. Happy birthday!
I mean, not to diminish the intense human tragedy.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I mean, not to diminish the intense human tragedy.
World’s most pernicious earworm.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
World’s most pernicious earworm.
(I did have to kill for it. But only a little.)
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
(I did have to kill for it. But only a little.)
Seriously, I am so spoiled with it. And up in the trees too.
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Seriously, I am so spoiled with it. And up in the trees too.
Empathy on all fronts (including OH having an ancient laptop with no battery juice).
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Empathy on all fronts (including OH having an ancient laptop with no battery juice).
Happy to confirm that the large box of woolly hats is safe. Even though I live in California.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Happy to confirm that the large box of woolly hats is safe. Even though I live in California.
Nevertheless, I'll be telling airport security in future to refer their questions to you. 😉
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Nevertheless, I'll be telling airport security in future to refer their questions to you. 😉
You mean, for those people who don’t just love lying awake wondering where the hell they could have put that Small Valuable Item?
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You mean, for those people who don’t just love lying awake wondering where the hell they could have put that Small Valuable Item?
Just get yourself a lot of unattractive, unpredictable houseplants & next time you’ll be prepared with something to be grateful for!
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Just get yourself a lot of unattractive, unpredictable houseplants & next time you’ll be prepared with something to be grateful for!