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About Thistle

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

The Ferals: Sunday

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Thistle

It’s never good when your doorbell rings at 7:30 am. This morning, our neighbor found a cat stuck in our tree. After the cat got out safely, she went over to our front entry and started rubbing up against the … Continue reading →

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Evolution of a Photo

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Thistle

Over the last month, I’ve finally started learning how to edit photos using my editing software. My journey into photography has been very slow. I spent most of 2021 learning basics – how to use a camera in manual mode, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Muslim Culture Fest

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Thistle

Last weekend was my first proper girls’ day out in quite some time, and a great way to kick off October! October is generally a busy time for me. There are a lot of events going on that I love, … Continue reading →

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The Change, by Kirsten Miller

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Thistle

Why do [women] keep going for thirty years after our bodies can no longer reproduce? Do you think nature meant for those years to be useless? No, of course not. Our lives are designed to have three parts. The first … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Mournjaro

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Thistle

Last week, I said that I began talking with my doctor about medical intervention for weight loss. That was two months ago, and she told me about a new medication on the market, Mounjaro. This is a medication that is … Continue reading →

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September 2022 in Review

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Thistle

September just flew by! Maybe it’s because I was so busy with foster cats this month, but it felt like September was less than two weeks long. It’s strange being home without the kids. It’s changed things in more ways … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – the fatphobic rhetoric of “true” loss

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Thistle

About a decade ago, I met two different folks who had lost a large amount of weight. The first was a young woman who had lost about 40 lbs and didn’t really have much more to lose; the second was … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Y’all, this has become ridiculous by now.

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Thistle

Oy. So I dropped off a cliff this week. I didn’t mean to disappear from the blog but wow it was a crazy week. It didn’t help that last weekend was insane between trying to replace the dishwasher and taking … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Unexpected

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Thistle

Man oh man. So our weekend imploded. None of it is catastrophic levels of explosion or anything, just very unexpected. To start with, I went to unload the dishwasher yesterday morning to find it overflowing with water inside, not drained … Continue reading →

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The Ink Black Heart, by Robert Galbraith (audio)

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Thistle

When cartoonist Edie Ledwell is murdered, Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott are hired to find the identity of Anomie, the anonymous fan who has spent years torturing Ledwell online. Yes, the author of this book is horrible, and in this … Continue reading →

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