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Sloane Crossley’s Grief is for People
I read this Cory Doctorow piece the other day on how his digital blog acts as his searchable, connectable commonplace notebook and it made me want to go back to publishing my notes that way so here we are. I read Crossley’s book in a COVID delirium. I couldn’t sleep on Wednesday night and when Continue reading
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That Poem
If your Inauguration morning was anything like mine, you had tears and coffee all over your face, especially after Amanda Gorman read her gorgeous poem. What a poem. What a poet. I can’t wait to see more from this powerhouse, starting with her first collection of poetry due out this autumn. Here’s the full text, Continue reading
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Ffantastic Fforests

I am IN LOVE with this book: fforest: being, doing & making in nature by Sian Tucker First of all, I want to curl up and live in the endpapers. So green and lush. Gah! This is a book I bought in the US but was published in the UK and written by the owner Continue reading
About Me
I’m Victoria Griffith and I am enthusiastic about a LOT of things. Pine trees and mushrooms and the desert. Ocotillos, motorcycles, travel, and photography. Friendship and writing and books and surviving the love of your life’s terminal diagnosis. I blog about some of these things here, mostly about books and writing, but about the other stuff now and then too.
I was born in Paterson NJ, call Seattle WA my home, and spend the winters in the desert of Southern California. I try to get out to see as much of the world as time and money will allow.
If you’d like to say hi, you can reach me at vgriff@vgriff.com.