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About Thistle

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

Wellness Wednesday – A Day at Inks Lake

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Thistle

Two weeks ago, one of my hiker friends asked in our hiking leaders chat if anyone wanted to spend the last Sunday of January at Inks Lake with her. Periodically, we like to spend some time hiking with each other … Continue reading →

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The Second Blind Son, by Amy Harmon (audio)

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Thistle

From Goodreads: An insidious curse is weakening the Norse kingdom of Saylok, where no daughters have been born in years. Washing up on these plagued shores is Ghisla, an orphaned stowaway nursed back to health by a blind cave dweller. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Ice, Ice, Baby…

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Thistle

The plans for this week: Opening night of Laurence’s musical on Thursday, followed by performances 1-2x/day through Sunday. Hiking Government Canyon Friday morning. Heading out to the Japanese Tea Gardens on Saturday morning with some friends before my in-laws arrived … Continue reading →

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January 2022 in Review

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Thistle

It has been a busy and often odd month in the Gignacery. Jason and I have begun to experience what it will be like for us to become empty-nesters in a few months. Ambrose, after two fall semesters of community … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – The Gluten Story

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Thistle

I mentioned in a recent post that I have a complicated history with gluten. A lot of that history took place when I was on a two-year blogging break(ish), so it never got posted here in any meaningful way. For … Continue reading →

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We Are Okay, by Nina LaCour

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Thistle

It’s Christmas break after Marin’s first semester at college. She’s not going home. She doesn’t have a home to go to. Her grandfather, who raised her, passed away right before she left for school, and nothing she had in her … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – An Interesting Development

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Thistle

So. My house is for sale. Not that one. I guess I should explain a little something. Jason and I have owned four houses in San Antonio (and six houses altogether). The one we owned the longest – from early … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Stuff 1/28/22

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Thistle

More insanity, more bullet points. Though not quite as much of either this week. Weeks 2 and 3 of January added up to over 80K positive covid cases in SA. As of Tuesday the 25th, there were over 125k new … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Medical Updates, Part 2

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Thistle

Last week, I gave a round of updates for my current health status, as my trio of doctors narrow down on diagnoses. This is the second half of my medical tests, now that I’ve seen my primary doc and gotten … Continue reading →

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American Portrait, by Multiple Authors

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Thistle

Subtitled: The Story of Us, Told by Us This is a collection put out by PBS about people’s lives (mostly**) through the first year of the pandemic. There were various prompts posted online (“The tradition I carry on is…” or … Continue reading →

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