Words & Water
Pia HinckleI'm a recovering journalist wild swimming my way to the writing I was meant to do. Working with fear in the water and on the page, understanding family, true tales of Old San Francisco, pondering Catholic politics, and the resistance.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 37 | Subscribers | Read | piahinckle.substack.com |
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Going Polar
I am thrilled this tale was the cover story for the 2025 Winter issue of the Dolphin Log, the magazine of San Francisco’s Dolphin Swimming & Boating Club, established in 1877, where I’m a lifetime member. The club’s annual Polar Bear Swim c...
Why Watching Old Monster Movies Soothes Me
“I’m going to take the head off, it’s of no use to me anyway,” Baron Victor Frankenstein, played with perfect sociopathic upper-class English charm by Peter Cushing in “The Curse of Frankenstein,” says to his horror-stricken mentee as he wi...
Our Bodies, Our Bathing Suits
On the days that I swim six times with my swim pod buddies Elaine and Crissa, the most important question we always ask is: WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?
Biscotti for My Substackaversary
There’s now more than 300 of you subscribing to Words & Water as it crests its second year on Substack. Welcome! For the occasion, let me (re-)introduce myself to all of you. I was raised in San Francisco magazine and newspaper offices and ...
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San Francisco writer, editor, recovering journalist, mermaid, and collector of rocks, fountain pens, and recipes.
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