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About Thistle

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

Quarantine Diaries – Week 16

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Thistle

Oh y’all, I can’t tell you how sad I am that I’m still needing to track this stuff on a weekly basis. It has gotten so bad that I’ve changed back to my original daily format, because my little sectional … Continue reading →

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June 2020 in Review

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Thistle

This month has been a rollercoaster and an exercise in frustration. At the beginning of the month, my calendar was nearly as full as it would have been pre-quarantine. I had nearly a dozen hikes scheduled (all with six or … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Unexpected, but welcome

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Thistle

Did you notice that I’m drinking iced coffee instead of hot, the way I said I would be? No, I’ve not already fallen off the bandwagon. (Heh.) But I am extremely anxious at the moment, and clearly I have successfully … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Week 15

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Thistle

We have officially passed the 100th day since COVID19 came to the San Antonio community (March 13th). In the beginning, we did well. Recently, not so much. Sigh. It’s been a particularly difficult week for me personally, as I’ll discuss … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – First Steps

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Thistle

There have been several big changes to my life this week. Covid has spiked so badly here that my hiking group has canceled the remaining June hikes and decided not to schedule any for July. That’s a big part of … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Addiction

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Thistle

Coffee coffee coffee. Coffee. I could end the post that way, but I won’t. Ha! So…um…I made a mistake. Earlier this year, I talked about the experiments I was doing with coffee to see what, if anything, might be affecting … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Week 14

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Thistle

It’s been a Week, y’all. This might even apply to me at this point (sigh): If your mental health is at a point where you cannot bear to hear more about quarantine stuff, skip to the bottom of this post … Continue reading →

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Little Eyes, by Samanta Schweblin

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Thistle

Translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell Take Furbis, cross them with Alexas, and make them live-streaming to a single audience, then you have what’s known in this book as a kentuki: a robot “pet” that one person chooses to “keep” … Continue reading →

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Home Before Dark, by Riley Sager

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Thistle

Maggie has grown up in the shadow of her father’s book, the one that claims that – true story! – their family lived in a haunted house for three weeks when she was five. The book is utter nonsense, she … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Covid Cut, plus Surgery

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Thistle

Well, it happened. I officially got tired enough of my current hair situation that I went the DIY route. Hey, I know, this is the whole meme-joke of quarantine, eh? I’ve reached the “cut my own hair” stage. But really, … Continue reading →

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