Category Archives: Personal

January 2026 in Review

Posted on February 1, 2026 by Thistle

I’m not 100% sure I’ll do monthly reviews all year, but so much has been going on that I thought it might be good to wrap it all up at least for now! Not in so much detail as I … Continue reading →

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Barcelona – Apr 2025

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Thistle

So back in the post about my 2024 travels, I mentioned a trip that didn’t happen re: medical emergency. The refunds that I managed to get for that trip involved a roundtrip ticket to Barcelona that needed to be used … Continue reading →

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Tattoo Tour: 16-20

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Thistle

Here’s the next roundup of tattoos, these being the five that I got in 2025. These were mostly tiny tattoos, because of finances. — Ghosties 1/2 (16) As mentioned in my recent post about the Feb 2025 Germany trip, Rainstorm … Continue reading →

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Germany – Feb 2025

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Thistle

Last February, I traveled to Germany for a week to spend some time with my theyfriend, the one I call Rainstorm online. We had met in person once before, long before we started dating, but this was our first time … Continue reading →

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Pride

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Thistle

Last summer, I wrote about going to Cologne Pride. I briefly mentioned that I’d attended my first Pride event the previous summer, that time in Texas. I went with my friend Stephanie, and unfortunately, it was an extremely hot day … Continue reading →

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Travels of 2024

Posted on January 9, 2026 by Thistle

In 2024, I had a number of planned trips, and a number of spontaneous(ish) trips. While I was originally going to write about them all individually, I’ve decided to wrap them all up in one post. This’ll be long… Northeast … Continue reading →

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Tattoo Tour: 9-15

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Thistle

I had really good intentions with this series to do individual posts for each tattoo, but it turns out my blog time is limited, so I’m going to wrap up all of 2024’s tattoos in one! This doesn’t include the … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year! Happy 2026!

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Thistle

To each and every one of you: May this year bring lovely thing and great happiness and escaping the things that no longer serve us. As our ineffable duo say: To the world! 💕

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2025 in Review

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Thistle

You know, when I started trying to blog again in January, I didn’t realize I would be going through an insanely pivotal year of many changes that would make it nearly impossible to keep up. Hm… Well, I guess here’s … Continue reading →

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Cologne Pride 2025

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Thistle

A year ago, my (then) good friend Rainstorm talked about going to Pride in Cologne, Germany by themself. I had never been to Germany, and I had barely gone to my first Pride event (Texas summers do not make for … Continue reading →

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