Category Archives: Personal

Sunday Coffee – 13 Years

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Thistle

Tomorrow is my 13th blogoversary, if you don’t count the weird transitions I went through between 2011 and 2014 due to many circumstances that I won’t go into here. I created my blog on Valentine’s Day in 2008 during a … Continue reading →

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Galentine’s Day: The Best People

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Thistle

A few weeks ago, I went for a hike with two friends at a park here in town that I’d never been to. It took me months to get to that park. Agoraphobia had kept me from it for nearly … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 46 and 47

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Thistle

Another two weeks, another Quarantine post. We’re only a few weeks off from an entire year of this pandemic now, and the end is still a pipe dream at this point. The thing that concerns me the most right now … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Goals for February

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Thistle

When I created my 2021 goals back in December, I created them based on the reality that I was living at the time, a reality that involved Something Being Wrong and me not knowing what that Wrong Thing was. When … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Hello!

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Thistle

I honestly don’t have a whole lot to say this morning. Most of my time in 2021 so far has been taken up by one of three things: group hikes, politics, and binge-watching Murdoch Mysteries. I haven’t been doing as … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 44 and 45

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Thistle

We passed the ten-month mark of this pandemic in our area on January 13th. Almost a year of this now. It was also the changeover of the government during Week 45 (oh irony), and it’s already apparent than the new … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Let’s Talk About Insurrection

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Thistle

Let’s make this very clear: What happened in the US this week was: unlawful insurrection attempted coup domestic terrorism treason pre-planned (they even had shirts made for the event in some cases) easily predictable, especially these last few months, and … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 41 to 43

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Thistle

First, I want to apologize for the length of this. I’ve been keeping my quarantine diaries weekly while numbers are skyrocketing here, but the last two Fridays have been holidays. I didn’t exactly want to put up covid news on Christmas … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – 2021 Goals

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Thistle

I’ve spent a lot of time contemplating the shape of my 2021 goals. Initially, I just made myself a traditional list, the way I do most years. Then I started to think about what I’d really like to accomplish – … Continue reading →

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The Insanity that was 2020

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Thistle

No one expected this past year to go the way it did, I don’t think. Except perhaps my boys, who kept saying – for an entire year before 2020 began – that there’s always a plague in the 20s and … Continue reading →

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