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About Thistle

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

Sunday Coffee – Winter Wonderland, or Snowpocalypse

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Thistle

I’ve lived in San Antonio for over half of my life. I’ve experienced snow here several times, and ice storm or two, and some hard-freezes where temps got into the low-20s. But I’ve never experienced anything (here) like what San … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 48 and 49

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Thistle

It hardly feels worth posting this today as Week 49 was basically superseded by our Snowmageddon. The city stopped updating its numbers and holding daily briefings after last Friday. Plus, the week came down to “covid vs keeping people warm,” … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Enjoyment vs Necessity

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Thistle

They say the key to sustainability with any fitness plan is enjoyment. And for years, I’ve stuck with this motto. I’m fortunate enough to enjoy many types of exercise, and after forcing myself to do HIIT (I despise HIIT) for … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – 13 Years

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Thistle

Tomorrow is my 13th blogoversary, if you don’t count the weird transitions I went through between 2011 and 2014 due to many circumstances that I won’t go into here. I created my blog on Valentine’s Day in 2008 during a … Continue reading →

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Galentine’s Day: The Best People

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Thistle

A few weeks ago, I went for a hike with two friends at a park here in town that I’d never been to. It took me months to get to that park. Agoraphobia had kept me from it for nearly … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Hiking Bingo

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Thistle

Hey look! I updated my Wellness Wednesday button for the first time in nearly six years, haha! ***** Back in early 2020, I put together a Running Bingo for myself, based on official running events. (Of course, I had no … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Missed Opportunity. Or Not.

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Thistle

On my first roundup of 2021 hikes, I mentioned seeing a family hiking at Lockhart State Park. To recap, the family consisted of a man, woman, and two children aged roughly 1 and 3 years old. The younger was in … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 46 and 47

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Thistle

Another two weeks, another Quarantine post. We’re only a few weeks off from an entire year of this pandemic now, and the end is still a pipe dream at this point. The thing that concerns me the most right now … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Starting From Scratch

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Thistle

Everything I know about my health is wrong. This is both an exciting and a dismaying place to be. It’s a place I’ve been in before, and I’ll admit, it’s frustrating to be back here. To try to erase years … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Goals for February

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Thistle

When I created my 2021 goals back in December, I created them based on the reality that I was living at the time, a reality that involved Something Being Wrong and me not knowing what that Wrong Thing was. When … Continue reading →

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