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About Thistle

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

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Posted on August 12, 2021 by Thistle

This morning, I looked out the window and saw a gorgeous butterfly in the flower garden right outside my bedroom. I couldn’t tell immediately if it was a gulf fritillary (which is one of the most common I see) with … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten Moments of the Olympics

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Thistle

Now that the closing ceremony is over and there’s something like six months before my next Olympics binge (heh), here are my favorite moments from the 2020(1) Summer Olympics, in no particular order: 1. Ahmed Hafnaoui, the 18-year-old underdog from … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Feral Colony, part 5

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Thistle

It’s been quite a bit since my last update, and at first that meant “not much news.” Now it means…well, new adventures and oh-no moments. From the feral colony itself: Our neighbors managed to trap our kittens’ mother a couple … Continue reading →

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Fugitive Telemetry, by Martha Wells

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Thistle

A dead body shows up in the middle of a public area on Preservation Station. These sorts of things just don’t happen here, so no one knows how to handle it – except Murderbot. The human security team doesn’t trust … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – All About Coffee

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Thistle

Let’s talk coffee, allergies, inflammation, and weight. I tried to find my posts from last year that discussed this already, but after finding all these different pieces in multiple posts, I decided to compile this in one place. So for … Continue reading →

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July 2021 in Review

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Thistle

So. July. It was an interesting month in the Gignacery. 1) Four birthdays, including one in my direct household. 2) We added three car accidents on top of the one from June, and had to replace both our cars. 3) … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – July 2021

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Thistle

So San Antonio just finished its 72nd week of the pandemic on Thursday, and the weeks since I last wrote (week 67) have been a doozy. To be honest, I would have liked to be able to keep this as … Continue reading →

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Bridge of Souls, by Victoria Schwab

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Thistle

Cassidy is being hunted, she doesn’t know by what. But being in New Orleans – her parents’ latest stop on their paranormal TV show – isn’t making the situation better. With overlapping layers of history, Cass must call on her … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Olympics

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Thistle

Y’all! I love the Olympics. Especially the summer Olympics. And despite everything re: covid and safety issues and questionable scheduling, I’m so very happy to be watching the Olympics right now. I have so many memories from over the years, … Continue reading →

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The Night Hawks, by Elly Griffiths (audio)

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Thistle

In this 13th installment of the Ruth Galloway mysteries, a new Bronze Age burial site has been discovered by the Night Hawks, a group of metal detectorists in search of treasure. Unfortunately, a fresh body is found nearby, entangling the … Continue reading →

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