Category Archives: Personal

Sunday Coffee – Winter Wonderland, or Snowpocalypse

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Thistle

I’ve lived in San Antonio for over half of my life. I’ve experienced snow here several times, and ice storm or two, and some hard-freezes where temps got into the low-20s. But I’ve never experienced anything (here) like what San … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 48 and 49

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Thistle

It hardly feels worth posting this today as Week 49 was basically superseded by our Snowmageddon. The city stopped updating its numbers and holding daily briefings after last Friday. Plus, the week came down to “covid vs keeping people warm,” … Continue reading →

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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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