Francesca's Thoughts

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Animals…

Posts about animals

30/09/2023

wasp rooms

Good evening, I have one thing I can’t talk about yet and a room full of wasps. Let me fix the grammar of that sentence. There are Things afoot about which I cannot talk (yet), and one of them is a big-ish thing I’m looking forward to. Separately, my place of work now has a… Continue reading

Animals…

Francesca’s Thoughts, wasps
31/07/2022

Chilling Out in Crete

Hello and happy it’s-basically-August! How are you? I’m doing well, cheers for asking. I’ve spent the last month in Crete, making friends with local cats, learning what the accusative case is – well, almost learning – and successfully asking for both wine and orange juice in Greek. Not at the same time, yet. Tomorrow I… Continue reading

Animals…, brain chat, History & Old Stuff, Travel

air travel, Crete, Francesca's Thoughts, Greece, Hagia Trianda, social media for business, travel, travel in Greece
26/03/2020

There’s a fly in my bedroom

I know you can’t do anything about it. I don’t think I can do anything about it. I just wanted to share the burden. We’re all suffering enough without you, you little bastard. Continue reading

Animals…

flies, Help, Indifferent Ignorance
12/08/2019

Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai (watch out, watch out, there’s an incredibly cute set of elephant pictures about)

I started this post on 25th March 2017, when I got back from the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai. Then I fell asleep, hung out in Chiang Mai and Pai for a few days, tootled off to Bangkok and flew back to Heathrow what a mistake so this post has spent the last two-plus… Continue reading

Animals…, COFFEE, South East Asia 2017, Travel

backpacking, backpacking South East Asia, elephant coffee, Elephant Nature Park Chaing Mai Thailand, Indifferent Ignorance, International Elephant Day, things to do in Chiang Mai, travel blog, travel blogging South East Asia, washing an elephant, water buffalo, why you shouldn’t buy antique ivory, why you shouldn’t ride elephants

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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.

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Animals…

wasp rooms

Chilling Out in Crete

There’s a fly in my bedroom

Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai (watch out, watch out, there’s an incredibly cute set of elephant pictures about)