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About Thistle

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

Destruction, Destruction…

Posted on August 26, 2022 by Thistle

Oy. Well, the land-clearing outside my fence has continued since my last post. The photo collage shows the picture I took a couple days ago vs one I took yesterday. As you can see, they cut the big tree down. … Continue reading →

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Construction, Destruction

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Thistle

Yesterday, Laurence and I returned home from an appointment to discover that there was some kind of construction going on behind our house. The above picture shows what things looked like in April 2021. There’s a dense tree patch right … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Emotional Damage

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Thistle

Yesterday morning, my mom sent a video to my sisters and me to tell us that our grandma was going into hospice care. She followed that up by telling us we were shitty kids that didn’t care about any of … Continue reading →

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Two Short Nonfiction Books

Posted on August 15, 2022 by Thistle

I read both of these over the weekend – two short little nonfiction books that I’ve decided to mini-review because I don’t have much to say about either of them. Community Cats – Anne Beall Subtitled: A Journey Into the … Continue reading →

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Darling Girl, by Liz Michalski

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Thistle

From Goodreads: Life is looking up for Holly Darling, granddaughter of Wendy–yes, that Wendy. She’s running a successful skincare company; her son, Jack, is happy and healthy; and the tragedy of her past is well behind her…until she gets a call … Continue reading →

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In the Air Force now

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Thistle

On June 13, we dropped Ambrose off for basic training. Air Force BMT takes place at a base here in San Antonio, which was a double-edged sword. On one hand, he had to go through that training in brutal heat. … Continue reading →

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July 2022 in Review

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Thistle

Does anyone else feel like it’s still May? I don’t know if I’m stuck in that traditional caught-in-time, always-behind feeling of adulthood, or if this is worse than usual because I’ve literally avoided being outside as much as possible for … Continue reading →

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The Gifts That Bind Us, by Caroline O’Donoghue

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Thistle

After the traumas of spring, life is meant to go on as normal. Except now, Maeve and her friends are filled with burdening magic, stressed by separations and worries of the future, and suspicious of new activity from the extremist … Continue reading →

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A True Feral

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Thistle

This is a hard situation to write about, and it was even harder (and more traumatizing) to live through. In my last post, I mentioned that I would be picking up a mama cat and her three babies to foster. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Taking Some Time Off

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Thistle

I know I haven’t been on here very much anyway, not since April – posting less, rarely getting on my feedly to see others’ posts, etc. I’m not reading much, I’m not writing much, and I’m in a personal funk … Continue reading →

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