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About Thistle

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

Nightbirds, by Kate Armstrong (audio)

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Thistle

Magic is forbidden by the church, but it lives on deep inside certain women, kept hidden by rich families to do their bidding with a kiss. On the surface, this is the story of three teenage girls forced into a … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Doctors Who Don’t Listen

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Thistle

I haven’t done one of these Wellness Wednesday posts in awhile, mostly because I haven’t really had a lot to talk about, health-wise. But something big has happened this month, and I need to get it off my chest. (Warning: … Continue reading →

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The London Séance Society, by Sarah Penner

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Thistle

Lenna is a scientist at heart, but after her sister’s murder, she travels to Paris to meet with a renown spiritualist, Vaudeline. Vaudeline has fled London due to the danger posed by unscrupulous fraudsters there. With Lenna at her side, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Random Tidbits

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Thistle

It’s April, and my brain is all over the place, so here are a few of the random thoughts and weird happenings going on right now. I got an ad from a lingerie company the other day that said I … Continue reading →

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The Longest Race, by Kara Goucher and Mary Pilon (audio)

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Thistle

Subtitled: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike’s Elite Running Team From the subtitle of this book, I expected it to be part memoir, part exposé about the Nike Oregon Project. While it is that, the … Continue reading →

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Fosters: From Veggies to Sassafras

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Thistle

Five weeks ago, the animal shelter called to ask me if I could take over care for a litter of four bottle babies. They were about 4-5 weeks old and only a week out from weaning, so I agreed. This … Continue reading →

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April Self Portrait: PTSD

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Thistle

I’m not sure how to start this post. Y’all. April’s self-portrait went wildly off the rails. Fully transparent here – not every photoshoot works, not every setting works out, things happen, things fail. I wasn’t sure what I was going … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Wednesday

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Thistle

Back in November, I meant to watch Wednesday when it first came out. Jason and I were going to watch it together, because it was coming out during Thanksgiving week when he was going to be off work. Except then … Continue reading →

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The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook, by Brandon Sanderson (audio)

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Thistle

Full title: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England Our narrator wakes up in a field, not knowing who or where he is. Very quickly, he discovers that he’s from another dimension and has traveled to some version of … Continue reading →

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Bookworm Princess Photoshoot

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Thistle

I’ve been procrastinating on making my photography website, mostly because I feel extremely intimidated whenever I think about it. Imposter syndrome sucks. So last weekend, I decided to put out a call for models for a series of ethereal portraits, … Continue reading →

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