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About Thistle

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

In a Dark, Dark Wood, by Ruth Ware (audio)

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Thistle

Nora hasn’t seen Clare since high school, but ten years on, she’s invited to her bachelorette party. Reluctant, Nora attends – but things are not as they seem, and as the creep factor ramps up, someone may die… This was … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – A New Approach to Running

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Thistle

On Monday, Jason and I went out to our local hiking/walking trails for some exercise. These are the same trails where I learned how to run outdoors back in 2011 and where I ran some of my first unofficial 5ks. … Continue reading →

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August 2019 in Review

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Thistle

August is probably my least favorite month of the year, and has been since I was young. It’s just too damn hot here in August. We had weeks and weeks of relentless heat this August – temps over 100 with … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – RIP XIV

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Thistle

And it’s here!!!!! For the I-don’t-know-how-many-eth time, I’m participating in the Readers Imbibing Peril Challenge this fall. (I believe my first time was 2009?) For those who haven’t heard of this before, the RIP Challenge runs from September 1st to … Continue reading →

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Autumn Aims

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Thistle

I know it’s not autumn yet, and I know that it won’t even FEEL like autumn here until mid-November or so, but I love this time of year. My brain always equates “September through November” with the three months of … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Ozempic

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Thistle

**Let me preface the following post by saying that 1) I do not have diabetes, pre-diabetes, or high blood sugar; and 2) I have PCOS, which is a hormonal imbalance that usually includes insulin resistance regardless of blood sugar levels … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Underwater Body Analysis

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Thistle

Have y’all heard of underwater body analysis? Basically, it’s a test where they use water displacement and other measures to determine body fat percentage, lean mass, resting metabolic rate, etc. It’s the “gold standard” of body composition analysis, second only … Continue reading →

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Books on the List

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Thistle

For those of you who knew me as a blogger in the first half of 2011, you’ll probably remember a major shift that I made a few months into the year. I went from reading and reviewing 15+ books per … Continue reading →

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WW: The F*ck It Diet, by Caroline Dooner (audio)

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Thistle

Subtitled: Eating Should Be Easy First, let me say that this is not a diet book despite the title. This is a book about the way diets affect metabolism and body set point ranges and mental health, coupled with reasons … Continue reading →

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First Day of School!!!!!!!

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Thistle

Ah, the first day of school, a day I anticipate and yearn for all summer! This year is a bit different because for the first time in about twelve years, only two of them will be starting school. This year, … Continue reading →

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