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About Thistle

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

Breathless, by Amy McCulloch

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Thistle

Cecily is famous for not making it to the summit of high mountains. She’s still a bit gobsmacked that the famous Charles McVeigh has invited her to be the only journalist on his final push to break a world record: … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – The Paint Saga

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Thistle

So last week, I discussed the plans for my bathroom. In good news, my bathroom was (mostly) finished yesterday. In bad news, it took far more work and far more hotel time than expected. Let me start by setting the … Continue reading →

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Yerba Buena, by Nina LaCour

Posted on May 20, 2022 by Thistle

From GoodReads: When Sara Foster runs away from home at sixteen, she leaves behind not only the losses that have shattered her world but the girl she once was, capable of trust and intimacy. Years later, in Los Angeles, she … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Strength

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Thistle

Last week at the doctor’s office, there was an older woman, maybe in her 70s, sitting in the waiting room. She had an average-thin build, not bony, and from what I saw, seemed mobile, sharp, and relatively healthy. This woman … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – the vacation that isn’t a vacation

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Thistle

Back in Feb 2021, there were so many problems going on with our house that Jason took a week off of work so we could try to get as many done as possible. Then he took a second week off … Continue reading →

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The Hacienda, by Isabel Cañas

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Thistle

When Rodolfo Solórzano proposes to Beatriz, she jumps at the opportunity to help her family out of their current poverty and dependance on hateful relatives. She travels with her new husband to his country estate with plans to make it … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Medical Catchup

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Thistle

This post will be long and is primarily for my own benefit of keeping all this info in one place as I have WAY too much going on medically right now. Feel free to skip this.

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A Day of Irony

Posted on May 9, 2022 by Thistle

I wrote yesterday about my ambivalence toward Mother’s Day – my ongoing troubled relationship with motherhood, not to mention the strained relationship I’ve had with my mom since her bout with covid, and then there’s that whole canceled vacation thing, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Mother’s Day

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Thistle

It’s a strange day. I’m meant to be on a plane to Seattle today, before sailing for Alaska tomorrow, two years and multiple postponements later. Except that I’m not, and this trip is now rescheduled for several months out, again, … Continue reading →

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The Reunion, by Kiersten Modglin (audio)

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Thistle

Cait doesn’t particularly want to attend her 10-year high school reunion, but she also needs to face the things that happened at the end of her senior year, and the people who made her life miserable. Only now that she’s … Continue reading →

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