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About Thistle

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

Wellness Wednesday – Throwback List

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Thistle

Back in June 2012, I was near the end of my weight loss journey, but stalled due to a stress fracture in my leg. For twelve weeks, I wasn’t allowed to exercise, and I basically maintained a steady weight in … Continue reading →

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Running Part 1: C25K

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Thistle

For eight years now, I’ve run off and on. It’s been an adventure and a journey of definite ups and downs, and I decided that I wanted to document it over time! Nearly a decade ago, I heard about the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – This Week in the Gignacery

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Thistle

Lots going on, thought I’d give snippet updates. 1 – Morrigan developed shin splints at the end of last week in marching band. They were so bad that he couldn’t even walk up the stairs alone. My aunt Mary, who’s … Continue reading →

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Strange Practice, by Vivian Shaw (audio)

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Thistle

Alternate-world London, approximately present day. Dr. Greta Helsing treats patients who are “differently-alive” to use the PC term. Vampires, were-folk, ghouls, banshees, demons, etc. The non-human world is far more varied and nuanced than most people believe or understand. And … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Insomnia

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Thistle

Insomnia is a word that gets batted around casually, but real insomnia is nothing short of a paralyzing disease. With real insomnia, we’re not talking about a night of crap sleep that you can make up for in a night … Continue reading →

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Kimono and Cross-body Crochet Bags

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Thistle

I mentioned in my July wrap-up that I’d gone backwards in my goal to get rid of all my yarn by starting a new project with new yarn. Well, I just finished said project! Welcome the Genesis Kimono into my … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Another House Update

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Thistle

When your house is ripped apart and coming back together slowly, your world eventually sharpens until that work, the last stages of it, becomes all you can do and think about. You just want it to be over and done … Continue reading →

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The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Thistle

When Frances follows her client’s wishes instead of her boss’, she is both fired from her job as a seamstress and hired by a mysterious new client in the palace. She meets Sebastian, the Belgian prince, in need of her … Continue reading →

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Wellness Wednesday – Filling Time

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Thistle

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been binging on fluff audiobooks, not really listening half the time, just to have something playing while I do other things. Out of the blue, a line popped up in one of them: “You’re … Continue reading →

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Do Not Become Alarmed, by Maile Meloy

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Thistle

Cousins Liv and Nora decide to take their families on a joint cruise vacation. Everything is lovely until a misadventure occurs while they’re on shore in Central America. Suddenly the kids are missing. I’m not going to say more than … Continue reading →

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