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About Thistle

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

Quarantine Diaries – Week 54

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Thistle

So. It’s Week 54, and there’s SO MUCH information this week that it needs its own weekly post. So here we go: Week 54, March 19 to 25. This week, we’ve arrived at 203,191 cases, 3,076 deaths, a 179 seven-day … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Enchanted Rock

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Thistle

Last Thursday, a few members of my hiking group leadership team and I went out to Enchanted Rock State Park. It was Jennine’s birthday, and she wanted to conquer this rock for her special day. When she mentioned her plan, … Continue reading →

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The Lost Apothecary, by Sarah Penner

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Thistle

In the past: an apothecary named Nella dispenses poisons to select customers, helping women to rid themselves of men who have betrayed them. In the present: Caroline is alone in London on what was supposed to be her tenth wedding … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – More Little Things

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Thistle

It’s another of those weeks when so many little things are happening and none of them are worth a full blog post and all of them I want a record of. Perhaps my brain is just a bit scattered lately. … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 52 and 53

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Thistle

I feel like we’re currently in the calm before the storm. We’re hitting all sorts of record lows, or lowest-lows-in-months at least, and we’re getting people vaccinated as quickly as possible. But of course, all covid safety measures were removed … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Hikes of 2021, #17-23

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Thistle

Time for another round of hike-logs! 17. Both times that I’ve been out to this park now, it’s been solid fog! Today, we had rain in addition to fog, and tons of mud. Only one trail was open, and it … Continue reading →

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Things My Kids Said

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Thistle

Last night, I was reading a really funny story about Steph the Bookworm‘s son Caleb, which I’ll let her tell on her own blog if she chooses. It made me flash back to when my boys were little, and all … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Spring Forward

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Thistle

Here we go again! These are my seasonal “bucket list” goals for spring. They start today, the first day of “spring forward” into the wonderful Daylight Savings Time, and go through May 15th for a total of nine weeks. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Anniversary: The Day the World Exploded

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Thistle

It’s been one year today since covid officially came to San Antonio. Friday the 13th, my son’s 16th birthday, the “last” day of spring break, and the start of an entirely new world. Today, I look back on the weeks … Continue reading →

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Off Menu, by Nell McShane Wulhart (audio)

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Thistle

Subtitled: The Secret Science of Food & Dining From GoodReads: “Off Menu is a charming, fun-fact-filled deep dive into the little-known science of food and dining: why we eat what we eat, the nuances of our experience of taste and … Continue reading →

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