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About Thistle

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

20-20 in 2020 – A Mini Challenge

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Thistle

Y’all know the year 2020 is going to have so many puns about vision and clarity and foretelling the future and all the rest. I gotta join in somehow. So on that note, I thought I might as well make … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Ash

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Thistle

If you’ve been following along with Ash’s story on Instagram or Facebook, I apologize for the repeat. Ash is my oldest kitty-baby, at 10 1/2 years old. He came to live with us in early November, 2009, when he was … Continue reading →

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Over the last decade…

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Thistle

I wasn’t going to do this. I’ve had so many wrap-ups and round-ups over the last two weeks…but dammit it’s the end of a decade and my 2010 to 2019 was INSANITY at times, so I’ve just gotta. 2010 When … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Running Bingo

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Thistle

I’m sure it’s abundantly clear by now: In 2020, I made a personal goal to work toward becoming a runner again. That journey will be filled with inconsistency, starts and stops, frustrations, injuries (most likely), doubt, and all the rest. … Continue reading →

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2020 Vision Board

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Thistle

Before I begin this post, I want to apologize in advance for the next week or two of my blog. I haven’t read a book since early December and I’m in a bit of a reading slump. On the other … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – 2019 in Photos

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Thistle

Originally, I didn’t plan to another type of 2019 wrap-up, but in the last hours of 2019, I made a photo array of my top 12 photos of the year. These photos were all taken by me, and I won’t … Continue reading →

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2020 Book Priorities

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Thistle

Every year, I begin with a list of books that will be top priority over the next twelve months. This list is pulled from multiple sources: anticipated new releases unread books from my shelves backlogged audio queue Goodreads TBR and … Continue reading →

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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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