Category Archives: Personal

Quarantine Diaries – Week 39

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Thistle

We’re nearly a week into full-on household lockdown now. I’m going to do a day-by-day on this below, after more general news. This week’s numbers: 91,394 cases, 1,412 deaths, 1,063 seven-day rolling average (up 268), 15.7 positivity rate (up 6.5%!!!). … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Favorite Photos of November

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Thistle

Hello everyone! I didn’t take quite as many photos this month as usual, but still found a dozen that I really love. Left to right: sun shining through a tree at Lost Maples; Atticus and Jojo (my two bonded kitties) … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Week 38

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Thistle

It was a bad week. On Wednesday evening, my oldest son called to tell us he was positive for covid. Morrigan had been sick for a few days, but it took that long for the test results to come in. … Continue reading →

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November 2020 in Review

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Thistle

It was a momentous month in so many ways. Covid is back on a major rise, worse than it’s been so far. The presidential election has been strung along for weeks and weeks with the Prumpster still grouching about his … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Autumn Bucket List Wrap-Up

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Thistle

I certainly set myself up a tall order by creating an Autumn Bucket List that had 27 items on it to be done between Sept 1st and Nov 27th! A lot of them were small, but still! Sheesh. But hey … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 36 and 37

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Thistle

Well. Things are getting dire out there, aren’t they? We really need a national mask mandate, some stronger lockdowns, real financial help for both people and businesses, and a vaccine. Speaking of the latter, there seems to be several vaccines … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Thanksgiving

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Thistle

It’s Thanksgiving week, and to be honest, it couldn’t be worse timing. The country is in a massive wave of covid, with nearly 200,000 new cases a day, making July’s spike look like peanuts. This has been going poorly for … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Weeks 33-35

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Thistle

Today is Friday the 13th, eight months to the date from the Friday the 13th in March when we got our first case of Covid in San Antonio. The country is undergoing a third spike, higher than previous spikes. Unemployment … Continue reading →

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At the Top of a Mountain

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Thistle

Do you remember where you were on 9/11? Where you were when President Obama made history as the first Black president of our country? How about now – will you remember where you were when Kamala Harris became our first … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Favorite Photos of October

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Thistle

I had a lot of fun playing with my camera in October. It’s just an iPhone camera, but the iPhone 11 (not pro) actually does a decent job with a lot of shots. Especially outdoors. I ended up having to … Continue reading →

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