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About Thistle

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

My True Love Gave to Me, by Multiple Authors

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Thistle

My True Love Gave to Me is a collection of twelve holiday short stories by different YA authors, including several of my favorites. Five of the authors were ones I’d read before, the rest new-to-me.  This was my experience: This … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday #19: Yoga

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Thistle

Let me start my first Wellness Wednesday of 2016 with a little bit of facetiousness. I GAINED a lot in 2015, including a lovely 50 lbs and 30 inches. Boo. But I’m tired of focusing on negative gains, and I’m … Continue reading →

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Top Ten 2016 Bookish Resolutions

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Thistle

As I said in my last Wellness Wednesday post, I don’t feel great about making solid goals or plans for this year. It’s really time for me to take the pressure off. Having said that, I do have some resolutions … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Out with the Old, In with the New

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Thistle

December is always a very quiet time for me. Usually, I have a pretty crazy November, and by December, I just want to sit back with rereads and relax. Sometimes I reread books I haven’t read in a long time. Sometimes … Continue reading →

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Top Moments of 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Thistle

It’s no secret that 90% of this year has been completely awful and wretched for me. There were, however, a few wonderful moments that really sustained me and kept me moving forward. In today’s post, I’d like to celebrate the … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday #18: One Word

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Thistle

It’s been a long, hard year for my health, both physical and mental. Over the last year, I’ve moved across the country, been diagnosed with PTSD, dealt with family problems and others’ diagnoses, struggled to find the right medicines and doctors, … Continue reading →

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2015 in Books

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Thistle

Once again, it’s time to look back over the year’s reading, and see how things went. For me, I had a pretty good reading year, if a little hurried in places. I read a bit more than I wanted, but … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Christmas

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Thistle

<– My new mug and stainless steel French press!!! I love this time of year. Last year, in Boston, it was incredibly sad – there was a single Christmas for us, only one place to be: our house. My family … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday #17: Visibility (part 2)

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Thistle

Last week, I talked about becoming size-aware. That size awareness kept me in a place of hiding for most of my life. I dressed to be invisible, in larger sizes to hide my body. I’ve talked about this before. However, a … Continue reading →

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Sixteen Years

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Thistle

On this day sixteen years ago, during the winter solstice and under a full moon, two people rushed around downtown Houston, trying to get paperwork in order to actually be able to go through with their planned wedding ceremony, because Houston … Continue reading →

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