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About Thistle

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

Sunday Coffee – Step By Step

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Thistle

Good morning. As usual during the “fall back” time change, I’m up even earlier than I would be on a normal morning. On the one day a year where there’s an extra hour to sleep, I always wake up several … Continue reading →

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October 2019 in Review

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Thistle

Well. October started off with a BANG – Morrigan got his ship date from the Navy, set for the 10th. In lightning fast time, we’d thrown him an early birthday party, and he’d dealt with job, bank account, packing, etc. … Continue reading →

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RIP XIV Wrap-up

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Thistle

It’s been an awesome challenge, y’all! Let me just start with that. I had a HUGE list of potential books on my original Readers Imbibing Peril list – nineteen total. Of those, I read eight, culled eight, and was unable … Continue reading →

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Tunnel of Bones, by Victoria Schwab

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Thistle

Cass’ family is next set to travel to Paris, where folks seem to be far more skeptical about the supernatural than they were in Edinburgh. If she thinks this means Paris is freer of ghosts, she learns otherwise in the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – And Life Changes Again. Drastically.

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Thistle

I’m not sure how many more times I can pinball this year. So here goes: On Wednesday, I posted about how distressed I’d been, especially not being able to check up on how Morrigan was doing at boot camp. That … Continue reading →

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The Art of Theft, by Sherry Thomas (audio)

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Thistle

An old friend of Mrs. Watson is in town, and she desperately needs Sherlock Holmes’ – aka Charlotte Holmes’ – help. I listened to this book while a bunch of chaos was happening at my house. While it was really … Continue reading →

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A Distressing Week

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Thistle

Last Friday was Morrigan’s 19th birthday. Of course, he’s away at basic training for the navy, and we have no contact with him. We haven’t even received the letter that tells us his address yet, so we can’t even send … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Dream House

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Thistle

In early 2006, Jason, the boys, and I were living at my mom’s house in southeast San Antonio. Jason was commuting 1-1.5 hours each direction to work, making his day about 12 hours long. I was home alone all that … Continue reading →

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House of Salt and Sorrows, by Erin Craig

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Thistle

Four of the twelve Thaumas sisters have died, and people are beginning to think that the family is cursed. The girls are desperate for suitors and jump greedily at the chance to use a magical door that will take them … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Potential Solution!

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Thistle

So last week I was dithering about carpet vs rugs vs no area to run etc etc in our living room. Everything felt way up in the air with a lot of decisions to be made. A lot can happen … Continue reading →

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