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About Thistle

Queer, neurospicy, chronically longwinded oversharer. 40s; they/them. ✍️📷🐈📚🥾🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈😇💖🐍

A Tempest at Sea, by Sherry Thomas (audio)

Posted on June 14, 2023 by Thistle

This is volume 7 of this series, which if anyone remembers from my previous reviews, I’d started to get bored with. For the last few volumes, in fact, I struggled to keep up with the story because I didn’t remember … Continue reading →

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Ghost Towns and Ghosting

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Thistle

Our last stop in Alaska was to Skagway, a tiny town heavily influenced by the gold rush. The tour we took there was the Ghosts and Goodtime Girls Walking Tour hosted by the Red Onion Saloon. This was another small … Continue reading →

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SC: Favorite Photos of Vacation

Posted on June 11, 2023 by Thistle

I know I haven’t finished posting my trip stuff yet, but I’m going to take a moment to highlight my favorite photos of the trip for today’s Sunday Coffee. Somehow, I managed to choose 17 photos – out of the … Continue reading →

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Glacier Day: Endicott Arm and Juneau

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Thistle

Our three stops in Alaska were all back to back days. Unfortunately, the middle day was the day when I was sickest, and the lack of sleep I got the night before didn’t help. I’m not sure why I was … Continue reading →

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Ketchikan, Alaska

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Thistle

I have to admit, this was the most intimidating post of all the trip posts I wanted to write. Why? Because Ketchikan was so wonderful, so expansive, that I’m struggling to put it into words. Jason and I took a … Continue reading →

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Seattle and the Solstice

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Thistle

I have been so ridiculously busy over the last week between dealing with kittens and trying to sort through and edit around 500 photos. Oy. It hasn’t left me a lot of time for putting down my thoughts on this … Continue reading →

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SC: Mr Juicy and the Fleabag

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Thistle

Oh my, what a week it has been! First, I mentioned that I would introduce our newest foster kitten, Juice (Juicy? We’ve been told both names, so we’re just calling him Juicy or Mr Juicy for now). Juicy is a … Continue reading →

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May 2023 in Review

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Thistle

May can pretty much be divided into pre-vacation and vacation, an even split down the middle. As such, I had very few of my traditional May PTSD issues. There were enough near the beginning to get me to re-listen to … Continue reading →

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Hide, by Kiersten White

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Thistle

I’m not going to give a real description of this book because the more you don’t know, the better it will be. Here are the bare minimums: horror genre without tons of gore, social commentary, a competitive hide-and-seek tournament, and … Continue reading →

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Deadly Little Scandals, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Thistle

This book is the follow-up of Little White Lies. Because I liked the first book, I knew this would be a good one to bring with me on vacation to read on the airplane and throughout the week. No chance … Continue reading →

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