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About Thistle

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

Readathon: Elena Vanishing, by Elena and Clare Dunkle

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Thistle

Elena Dunkle developed anorexia as a teenager. This memoir, written with the help of her mother, Clare Dunkle, discusses her struggles with the disorder and her attempts to recover from it. Recovery is a path, not a destination. I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Fifteen

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Thistle

Trigger warning: Skip to the paragraph after the first photo below if you don’t like words like “contractions” and “episiotomy.” I won’t get graphic here, but this WILL be about having a kid. Fifteen years ago, I was recuperating in a hospital … Continue reading →

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Readathon: October 2015

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Thistle

Alright, alright, I’m signing up. I literally haven’t participated in Dewey’s 24-hr Readathon since October 2012, and after my last botched attempt to do any readathon, coupled with how much is on my schedule this particular weekend, I didn’t even … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday #7: Changing Perspective

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Thistle

Continuing last week’s theme: Perspective is an ever-changing thing, and it’s good to apply that truth not only to how we see our bodies, but the way we see our situations. In my case, I’ve been looking back a lot at … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Authors to Work With

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Thistle

Technically, today’s topic is “author duos,” but I was struggling with the topic, and that made me think – hey, I’m a writer, and there are authors I’d LOVE to write a book with…so this is kinda like author duos, … Continue reading →

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The Hollow Boy, by Jonathan Stroud

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Thistle

Lockwood & Co. are still on the case(s), this time trying to contain one of the largest sources of supernatural outbreak since the Problem began. Only now, the team is disjointed. Business has been booming, the team is split up … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Sometimes, I just want spoilers.

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Thistle

Recently, I skimmed through a book. I can’t say I read it, even though I looked over every page and pretty much followed the plot. Reading it would have been excruciating. The writing, characterization, and plot “twists” were…um…awful. And no, … Continue reading →

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October Tarot

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Thistle

At the beginning of every month, I do a tarot spread. I don’t view tarot as a future-reading device, but more of a way to sort out the thoughts I’ve been turning over. Sometimes I ask a more specific question, … Continue reading →

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An Autumn Bookswap

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Thistle

I don’t do bookswaps often, and when I have, I’ve experienced a range of results. Sometimes, I get a gift-sender who knows me personally and sends me far more than I expect, some really wonderful stuff, and makes me tear … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday #6: Siclovia

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Thistle

Siclovia: A twice-yearly festival in San Antonio that shuts down several miles of a major inner-city street and commands us to “Go play in the street!” In other words, this is a street festival of epic proportions. Thousands of San … Continue reading →

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