Category Archives: Personal

Podcast Review: Real Life Ghost Stories

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Thistle

  I’ve mentioned the above Podcast in several posts lately, and figured I should do a longer review because I love it so much. Real Life Ghost Stories is a podcast hosted by Emma and Dan, a couple who seem … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Week 3

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Thistle

So we enter Week 3 locally just as the US case number surpasses any other countries worldwide, and end the week with triple that number. Yikes. It was a scary week for us personally, too, as both Jason and I … Continue reading →

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Favorite Photos of March

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Thistle

Still trying to keep up with taking photos, though it’s a bit more difficult while quarantined to the house!! Here are my favorite dozen from March. Some of these have been featured in full already on the blog, my apologies … Continue reading →

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March 2020 in Review

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Thistle

Um, well…this month fell off a cliff, yeah? We (both the collective “we” and my family specifically) didn’t really expect to spend the second half of March under quarantine. But there you go. The Gignacery is all together again, all … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – The Problem With Cold Brew

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Thistle

For the last month(ish), I’ve been drinking mostly cold-brew iced coffee as part of my current coffee experiments. I honestly don’t know if it’s made any difference to my health in terms of acidity/heat. However, two problems have come up … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Week 2

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Thistle

We’re now two weeks into quarantine in San Antonio. The city and our mayor have tried to be very proactive, as outlined below, but are receiving a lot of push-back and technicality arguments from businesses that would rather spread the … Continue reading →

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Sunday – The Next Five Months

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Thistle

I have to figure out something to do with the next five months of my life. It’s like extended summer break around here. The kids are schooling online, Jason is working from home, but we’re all home and we’re all … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Diaries – Week 1

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Thistle

It’s hard to believe that it’s only been a week since San Antonio went into quarantine protocols. I talked a little bit about what happened in the first few days in last weekend’s Sunday Coffee, but with the world rolling … Continue reading →

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Sunday Coffee – Noteworthy This Week

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Thistle

There’s been quite a bit happening this week, so today’s Sunday Coffee will be one of those rambling posts on many topics… Coronavirus Obviously this is a big one going on right now around the world. San Antonio had its … Continue reading →

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Sweet Sixteen

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Thistle

At 5:10 pm on March 13, 2004, my giant 10-lb baby finally came into the world, cord wrapped around his neck and skin blue. It was not an auspicious start, but sixteen years later, Laurence is healthy and as happy … Continue reading →

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