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About Thistle

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

Sunday Coffee – Chopping Down the Chinaberry Trees

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Thistle

Chopping down trees – this is a thing I do not like to do. Unless the tree is dangerous or dead, I’d rather keep them up no matter how annoying. At my pre-Boston house, we had two ash trees that … Continue reading →

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A Heart in a Body in the World, by Deb Caletti

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Thistle

Annabelle is running. Running from her past. Running from her future. Just running. From Seattle to DC, her grandpa as her support team in his old RV, her friends at home a self-appointed publicity team. She’s not running for a … Continue reading →

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Happy 18th Birthday, Morrigan!

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Thistle

My oldest child is now officially an adult. He can vote, and plans to next week when early voting starts. He’s finished college applications and has been accepted to his top choice (Kansas University). In the spring, he’ll be getting … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Health Glitches

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Thistle

It’s been an interesting month so far. On the first, I found a lump in my left breast. On the third, my doctor confirmed that there was something there, though she suspected it was fibrocystic tissue possibly related to perimenopause. … Continue reading →

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The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein, by Kiersten White

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Thistle

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein revisited through the eyes of Elizabeth Frankenstein. I read Frankenstein about twenty years ago and honestly, I barely remember much from the book itself. I remember some of the class discussions afterwards, but that’s it. If I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Ghost Stories

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Thistle

Audible has started giving away two of its Original productions to members each month. This month, I picked a nonfiction listen for November, and a short ghost story for RIP. The audio was just over half an hour long, so … Continue reading →

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Muse of Nightmares, by Laini Taylor (audio)

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Thistle

Warning: Mild spoilers for Strange the Dreamer, but none for this book. Now that Lazlo has awoken his abilities and Sarai is “differently alive,” everything has changed. Lazlo faces a choice: betray the person he loves, or betray the entire … Continue reading →

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Running Part 3: Starting Over

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Thistle

Part 1: C25K Part 2: Peak After we moved to Boston in 2014, I pretty much quit running altogether. I hadn’t done much for a year before that move, first because of training injuries, then because of abdominal surgery. After … Continue reading →

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The Longest Books I’ve Ever Read

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Thistle

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday asks us about the longest books we’ve ever read. The following list is not my favorites of the longest books I’ve read, just the longest. Actually, it’s split pretty evenly between liked and disliked. Also split … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – No Real Autumn

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Thistle

They say that San Antonio had the wettest September on record this year. August and September are often times of sudden rains/floods here, after months of drought through the summer. But this September, we broke the record for most rain … Continue reading →

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