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About Thistle

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

Sunday Coffee – Favorite Photos of August

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Thistle

Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. My photos were quite scarce in August. I hardly went anywhere, and at home I forgot about taking photos much of the time. Many of the photos I chose in my favorites have … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 23 – 25

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Thistle

Hello everyone! I hope you’ve been well, and that things have been improving in your areas. There’s a lot in this post, as it encompasses three weeks of change and data, so I’ll just say up front (in case you … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – The Answer

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Thistle

I’ve spent the last six years searching for answers. WHY did I suddenly start gaining weight in May 2014? WHY has my weight been steady for over three years now, but will not budge downwards no matter what I do? … Continue reading →

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August 2020 in Review

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Thistle

Oh August, how I despise you. Honestly, it wasn’t really too bad this year, but August every year is tough. I’m not sure why, but I’ve always had depression issues in August – perhaps because it’s triple-digit heat most of … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – R.I.P. XV

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Thistle

This year’s Readers Imbibing Peril reading event (RIP XV) is going to be very informal – just a hashtag used on various media platforms, no official challenge website. I can understand this, as running a reading event can be stressful … Continue reading →

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Tell Me Lies, by JP Pomare (audio)

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Thistle

This book had it all: an evil villain that was immediately obvious from the very beginning (so obviously it felt like a trick); a narrator who couldn’t spot “obvious” if it bit her nose off and who of course gets … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – A Blessed 90 Minutes

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Thistle

On Sunday, we began the “fall cleaning” process just a little bit early. In Texas, deep cleaning tends to happen in the fall because no one has been able to open the windows for six months due to heat, and … Continue reading →

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Autumn Bucket List 2020!

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Thistle

As it turned out, I liked doing my Summer Break Quarantine Goals in a visual format enough that I decided to do the same for the fall. Got a bit more creative with the layout this time: There are quite … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – All of the Books, None of the Reading

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Thistle

Since I’ve gotten back home in late July, I haven’t really been in a reading mood. Again. I couldn’t really say why. I just know that I have so many books hanging around my room (and on my devices) right … Continue reading →

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Into the land of the unknown he goes…

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Thistle

Supposedly, KU still plans to open to students for fall. Morrigan has an appointment to move into his dorm tomorrow morning. He and Jason left for Kansas just a bit ago. There are all sorts of measures supposedly in place … Continue reading →

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