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About Thistle

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

Gentlemen and Players, by Joanne Harris

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Thistle

St. Oswald’s Grammar School for Boys has withstood so much, from curriculum modernization to the dwindling of funds to a series of scandals buried as deep as the Board of Governors can dig. Roy Straitly has been teaching Latin there … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Bountiful (2)

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Thistle

Well. I had no idea when I typed up last week’s Bountiful post that this would be another very bountiful week! I admit to being quite grateful for it, as it’s also been a kinda wretched week in other ways, … Continue reading →

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KonMari, Part V: Sentimental Items

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Thistle

The last culling segment of the KonMari method, in my Great Tidy-My-Life Project, involves sentimental items. This was a pretty quick segment for me, and not nearly as difficult as I expected it to be. Supposedly, this is because by now, … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday #3: Choosing Happiness

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Thistle

In the spring of 1999, a professor came to my French course to advertise that summer’s abroad program in Bourges. I loved the idea, but my boyfriend objected, and I discovered I could only get financial aid in the form … Continue reading →

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Top Ten “In Spite of the Cover” Books

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Thistle

We’re always taught never to judge a book by its cover, but nearly everyone does. If we didn’t, there wouldn’t be whole divisions of employees at publishing companies carefully crafting book covers to appeal to specific markets. All you have … Continue reading →

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The Girl at Midnight, by Melissa Grey (audio)

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Thistle

Echo has been raised by Avicen, a race of bird-like creatures living outside human society. Though raised by them, Echo is not fully accepted, since she’s human, and so she’s willing to work to gain their respect. She agrees to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Bountiful

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Thistle

That’s a new coffee mug I’m holding, one of many wonderful things I received this week. Cool story: The San Antonio Public Library system has summer reading programs every summer. I didn’t know until recently that there was not just … Continue reading →

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KonMari, Parts III & IV: Paper & Komono

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Thistle

After a couple weeks of silence, the Great Tidy-My-Life Project continues. A couple reasons for the silence: First, paper is waaaaay too boring for its own post. There was paper. It went into piles. Some piles got filed away, others … Continue reading →

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Emmy & Oliver, by Robin Benway

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Thistle

Emmy and Oliver are next door neighbors and best friends, until the day in second grade when Oliver’s father kidnaps him. Ten years later, Oliver is back at home and his father is on the run. No one quite knows … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday #2: Contradictions and Changes

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Thistle

It has been a loooong week. The short version: My chiropractor adjusted my ankle (very painful) so that it could heal quicker. Later, I managed to re-wrench it (thank you kitten for crawling under my feet!). Later, I did something … Continue reading →

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