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About Thistle

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

December 2019 in Review

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Thistle

It always feels weird to wrap up December after doing all my 2019 general recaps and bests-of. Still, so much happens in December that I don’t want to skip the monthly round-up. These always make nice memories to look back … Continue reading →

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2020 Goals

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Thistle

Lesson learned from the last five years: If you aren’t really sure who you are as a person, if you have nothing driving you and no longterm place to reach, goals and resolutions become fairly meaningless. You can check them … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – 2019 in Review

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Thistle

This year…didn’t really go as I’d planned/hoped/expected. Pretty much everything my family expected from the year got turned on its head. Not all of it was bad or anything, just different. And really, just so FULL. My extended family added … Continue reading →

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2019 in Books

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Thistle

The end of 2019 is on the horizon, so it’s time for all the wrap-ups to begin. Today, I start with books. I had a fairly good (though quiet) reading year, with 61 total books and another four I abandoned … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Twenty

Posted on December 22, 2019 by Thistle

Years back, Jason gave me a little heart filled with scrolls that listed things he loved about me. It was a Valentine’s gift, and remains one of my favorite gifts to this day. Today is our 20th anniversary, and I’m … Continue reading →

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Christmas Stories From Young Children

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Thistle

One of my favorite Christmas traditions involves a few tree ornaments that Jason and I bought way back around 2003: Though they are meant to hang on the tree, we’ve never put them up there. They’re full of blank pages, … Continue reading →

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Race Report: Elf Run 5K

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Thistle

A year ago, my friend Stephanie and I participated in the Elf Run 5K, which benefitted the Children’s Rehabilitation Institute. It was a 5K that included an adaptive portion for children and adults with disabilities, and part of the route … Continue reading →

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Here and Now and Then, by Mike Chen

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Thistle

Kin is a time-traveling agent helping to capture inter-time criminals. One one mission, he’s stranded in 1996 with no way to contact his rescue crew. As hope of rescue drains away, so does his memory of his life in the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Rudolph and Faline

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Thistle

I’ve told this story before on the blog, years ago, so I apologize for the repeat. There’s a special reason I’m repeating it, though. Background: Back when I was a little kid (somewhere three to five years old), my mom … Continue reading →

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Starsight, by Brandon Sanderson (audio)

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Thistle

In this sequel to Skyward, Spensa is trying to learn about her lineage and the ancient potential for magic that she’s inherited. Unfortunately, her planet’s prison guards are getting more violent by the day. It seems that soon they’ll decide … Continue reading →

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