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About Thistle

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

Sunday Coffee – And we’re back!

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Thistle

Obviously this photo isn’t from today, but it was too good not to use! We are back from our week-long adventure to Alaska, and I’m in the process of unpacking and catching up from my week away. I have so … Continue reading →

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She is a Haunting, by Trang Thanh Tran

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Thistle

From Storygraph: When Jade Nguyen arrives in Vietnam for a visit with her estranged father, she has one goal: survive five weeks pretending to be a happy family in the French colonial house Ba is restoring. She’s always lied to … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day: A Twist

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Thistle

For the last few years, I’ve struggled with Mother’s Day as the pandemic first trapped everyone indoors and then all my kids started to leave home. Doesn’t help that the holiday falls smack in the middle of the most difficult … Continue reading →

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May Self Portrait: In the Rain

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Thistle

My regular readers already know: April and May are very tough months for me. I experience a lot of depression and PTSD flashbacks. In April, I tried to capture the zombie-like feeling that I enter in April in my personal … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Accidental Book Spine Poetry

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Thistle

Years ago, I saw my first book spine poetry as part of a challenge for Readathon participants. I thought it was so cool, but for that particular Readathon, I was at a hotel (woohoo!) with just the books I wanted … Continue reading →

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Goodbye: Sassafras

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Thistle

After three weeks with us, our little Sassy-Pants went back in to the shelter for spay and the search for her forever home this week. Sassy started as an extremely timid kitten who had little to no experience with humans … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Peanuts

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Thistle

Y’all. This is a weird one. Let’s take a quick trip back in time to a series of events. • 2018: Lost my sense of smell (but not my taste) due to a bad cold in January. Smell didn’t return … Continue reading →

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The Last Remains, by Elly Griffiths (audio)

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Thistle

In the fall of 2019, I discovered the Ruth Galloway series and quickly binged my way through the first 11 of them. Each year since, a new book has published, and The Last Remains is the 15th and final volume … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Gossamer Studios

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Thistle

I don’t have much to say today, only that I finally published my photography website! It needs plenty of expansion and work and all the rest, but Gossamer Studios is now live. Hurrah!

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Meet & Greet

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Thistle

It was a very, very busy weekend last weekend. In addition to the Murderbot party and the trip to Nowhere on Saturday, I had an event to attend on Sunday afternoon, too. My hiking group was hosting a large meet … Continue reading →

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