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50 Blog Challenge

04/03/2016

50 Blog Challenge #2: Antipodean Crossing

I feel I should start this with a mini-disclaimer: I have known this blogger since the age of 11 when she owned a pet rock named Jamie. I think I would enjoy her blog even if I didn’t know that. My friend Sarah’s in her second year at Cambridge studying history. This summer she’s going… Continue reading

50 Blog Challenge, March 2016, THE WORLD *head in hands*, Travel

50 blog challenge, Antipodean Crossing, Auckland War Memorial Museum, blog challenge, Blogging101, Cambridge history degree, Indifferent Ignorance, military history, New Zealand travel blog
17/12/2015

50 Blog Challenge #1: Spoonie Sophia

You thought I’d forgotten this, did you. I nearly did. My first blog is Spoonie Sophia, a food blog written by (surprise!) Sophia. I came across it on Twitter, at least a year ago, when I was hunting out new foodie sites. I have quite a strict guage with food blogs: no condescending ‘journey’ bollocks and absolutely… Continue reading

50 Blog Challenge, December 2015, Food

50 blog challenge, clean living, food blog, foodie blogs, Indifferent Ignorance, spoon theory, Spoonie Sophia, spoonies

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Francesca Astraea here.

When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

What will you find here now?

This blog continues to evolve with me. My favourite topics are books and reading, travel adventures, the extensive works of up and coming rock band My Chemical Romance and the occasional update about my life and work as an author and scriptwriter. I’m also interested in digital minimalism, how we can solve environmental issues and why it’s probably a better idea to make a cup of tea than it is to shout at people you disagree with.

Speaking of tea… Make a cup and settle in.

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50 Blog Challenge

50 Blog Challenge #2: Antipodean Crossing

50 Blog Challenge #1: Spoonie Sophia