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Parting is such sweet sorrow,
For the last few years, I’ve struggled with whether or not to keep this blog going for another year. Despite my best intentions, I don’t upload to it regularly, and don’t truly suspect many real people (as opposed to bots) read this anymore. With that battle having raged long enough, I am letting go of… Continue reading
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Transitions
Mid-August already? I can’t believe it. This year is flying past, but when I really stop to think about how much I’ve done in 2023, it’s no wonder I don’t know what month it is most days. Life is wild here, and I that pun is fully intended. With Quill Cottage Wildlife up and running,… Continue reading
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Quill Cottage Wildlife
It is with much excitement that I announce: Quill Cottage Wildlife is up and running! I passed inspection yesterday, and was over the moon to get my permit this morning! After a lot of wandering around in a stupor of disbelief, I finally settled in this afternoon to start building the website and social media… Continue reading
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If We Were Pretentious
Spoilers abound past this point, friends, so consider yourself warned. The book is now six years old so I figure if you were gonna read it, you would have done it by now. Let’s discuss, shall we? Let me start by saying that I wanted to go chapter by chapter with my thoughts, but the… Continue reading
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Deutschland: Homeland
By the time we drove into Munich, I had a bad case of homesickness, not just for the US, but also for the countryside we had spent the middle of our trip in. After the stress and frustration that greeted us in Frankfurt, I was uneasy about going to another city. For the most part,… Continue reading
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Deutschland: Munich
There is much to say about these last two days of our trip, but rather than launch into detail now, I’m going to just leave some pictures here for everyone to enjoy and I’ll be back soon with my overall take-aways from Germany. Continue reading
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Deutschland: Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Listen, we are gonna get to the goods in this post because EVERYONE wants to see the Alps and the castle and I will provide! But first I have to tell you a little side story about an unplanned destination on our trip. We learned that Nuremberg had a Lego store and there was no… Continue reading
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Waiting For a Green Light
I’ve officially done all I can. The fate of Quill Cottage Wildlife Rehabilitation is now in the hands of the state of Ohio. I somehow was lucky enough to land Dr. Melanie Butera as my vet partner, and once she finished the paper I needed from her end, my entire application packet shipped off to… Continue reading
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Traveling Tale
One of the most important items I packed for Germany was The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow. Not because I was excited to read it (I was kinda ambivalent, honestly) but because I was NOT going to be caught waiting somewhere without a book. When I tell you I took this book everywhere,… Continue reading
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Deutschland: Bad Kissingen
This part of the trip is where we finally started enjoying ourselves. We picked up our luggage (which was lost in freakin’ Texas?! We were never in Texas!! Who goes to Texas?!) and drove out of Frankfurt like the devil was poking us in the butts with a pitchfork. Because many parts of the autobahn… Continue reading
About Nicole
A writer since she was old enough to hold a crayon, Nicole spends a large portion of her day communing with the voices in her head. When she’s not writing, she’s likely engaging in some other creative outlet, such as gardening, cooking, painting, or screaming into the void. She lives at Quill Cottage with her husband and more animals than the city would probably like.
Nicole Ford Thomas 