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About Thistle

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

Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 26-29

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Thistle

It’s been fairly quiet in terms of the pandemic here for the past month. September 13th saw the six-month mark pass since our first case of Covid. Things are holding steady, and we’re all trying to figure out a good … Continue reading →

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September 2020 in Review

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Thistle

September was far more eventful than I was expecting. Choosing to leave school and begin on another path. The death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the ensuing political nastiness. Atticus escaping the house for a day. LOTS of construction, some … Continue reading →

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Troubled Blood, by Robert Galbraith (audio)

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Thistle

Strike and Robin try to solve a 40-year-old cold case on top of their modern-day cases and various personal life issues. Book 5 in the series. So let me start by addressing the elephant in the book: the cross-dressing serial … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – A Day in Quarantine Homelife

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Thistle

A couple years back, I participated in Trish’s “A Day in the Life of…” event, which happened to be my life as a stay at home mom in the middle of spring break. Not sure why that particular event came … Continue reading →

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A Discussion of JK Rowling

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Thistle

I have been quiet on the subject of Rowling and her transphobic thoughts up until now. Mostly this is because I am personally quite ignorant on transgender issues, which feel particularly foreign to me as an agender person. I’ve worked … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Reasons

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Thistle

Two weeks ago, my sister and brother-in-law traveled to the Rocky Mountains for a socially-isolated vacation. They stayed in a cabin and did a lot of hiking in their week away. While they were there, an old friend of mine … Continue reading →

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Adventures of an Escape Artist

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Thistle

Atticus. Oh Atticus. You absolute brat-cat. Let me briefly recap the history of our little BrAtticus. Back at Easter in 2018, on my grandmother’s ranch outside of Quihi, TX, this tiny little cinnamon roll cat ran up to us, chased … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Weighed Down

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Thistle

I’ll be honest here. I’m not sure I can be entirely coherent as I write this. The burdens of the last who-knows-how-many years in this country continue to weigh more and more heavily all the time. I see all these … Continue reading →

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The Haunting of Ashburn House, by Darcy Coates

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Thistle

When Adrienne inherits Ashburn house, it feels like a godsend. She’s homeless, with almost no income, and without any family to turn to. The dilapidated condition of the house gives her pause, but at least it’s a roof, right? Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Out of the Nightmares

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Thistle

It has certainly been easier to breathe over the last week. Helps me to know for certain that I made the right choice (withdrawing from school) last Wednesday. And contrary to the last few weeks of doom and gloom, things … Continue reading →

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