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About Thistle

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

Um…Tuesday Coffee? Graduation!

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Thistle

I meant to post Sunday, but life went from the planned “busy” to the unplanned “insanity” over the weekend: Jason’s parents were due to arrive either Wednesday evening or on Thursday. They were driving down in their RV, which they … Continue reading →

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The Bride Test, by Helen Hoang

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Thistle

Khai believes he has no feelings after a combination of his autism and his odd reactions to grief lead him to that logical conclusion. He’s irritated when his mother brings Esme over from Vietnam to be his potential bride, and … Continue reading →

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211 Days

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Thistle

November 5th to June 4th – seven months – 211 days. November 5th was my last binge. I made it to 100 days on February 13th, and it was the longest I’d gone without a binge since I began binge-eating … Continue reading →

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May 2019 in Review

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Thistle

Hello! I’m still on break, but I wanted to pop in for my monthly review, particularly because May turned out to be a fairly good month! Tons happened, and almost all of it (except for one particular medical scare from … Continue reading →

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Break

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Thistle

It’s no secret that I’ve barely been on my blog for the last two months. I’m hardly reading, not really writing/posting, not really looking at my feed reader, etc. I’m repeating the same things over and over, and I’m getting … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – The Power of Good Narration

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Thistle

This week I listened to a book, title not to be mentioned here, read by my favorite audio narrator, Kate Reading. (If you need to know, you can check out my 2019 Books page for book #20.) This is a … Continue reading →

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April 2019 in Review

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Thistle

It has been a very busy month for us. As a senior in high school, Morrigan has had event after event after event this month, and beyond that, we’ve been pushing hard to finish our front yard after 14 months … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Bloodwork

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Thistle

I’ve had so much bloodwork and other testing in the last month! Unfortunately, we’ve had no answers from any of it. I can tell you that I’m sick of needles at the moment, though. Allergy+ testing In late March, I … Continue reading →

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What Alice Forgot, by Liane Moriarty

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Thistle

When Alice wakes up from a fall and knock on the head, she doesn’t know where she is or what’s happening. In her mind, she’s 29, in love with her husband, and a few months into her first pregnancy. In … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – In the last two weeks…

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Thistle

…Jason and I attended a Clue movie party at Alamo Drafthouse! Clue was one of my childhood favorites and I’ve literally seen it hundreds of times. (Funny story: When I was nine/ten years old, I spent over a year writing … Continue reading →

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