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My Family and Other Animals

29/07/2013

I Wrote This Lovely Post About My Dogs Then One of Them Refused to Acknowledge My Existence and Made Me Late

(It was all academic though, because I fucked up times and should have been there four-and-a-half hours earlier.) I spent half an hour last week working on my CV, which is… interesting. I get that we have to sell ourselves and everything, but it’s hard to explain that my favourite hobby – sitting with Fred and Adonis and falling… Continue reading

Dogs, July 2013, My Family and Other Animals, Photogenius

Adonis, blankets, dogs, Fred, Indifferent Ignorance, Leishmania, Leishmaniasis, medication, old-man dogs, playing catch, sofas, tablets
14/07/2013

The Tentative Return of Rambling Posts

I must say, I’ve quite missed Sunday blogging. There’s nothing like sitting amongst Saturday’s mess with a mug of coffee and half-hatched weekend plans, writing nonsense and posting it on the Internet for your friends to read. Although it’s been a while since I’ve sat amongst Wednesday’s mess and written to you all, actually, or Monday’s… Continue reading

COFFEE, Holidays, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, July 2013, My Family and Other Animals, School

being broke and busy, blogging, blogs, Holden Caulfield, Holidays, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, physiotherapy, physiotherpay, Sprout, Sunday posts, sunshine
26/09/2011

Doing My Sisterly Duty…

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COFFEE, My Family and Other Animals, Paywall, September 2011

birthdays, Dan and Dan, Facebook, Indifferent Ignorance, Isobel, right to vote, Urban Dictionary, YouTube
01/07/2011

If Art is the Weapon, Mascara is the Nuclear Bomb.

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(All Hail) Creation, Art, Colour, Funny, July 2011, My Family and Other Animals, Paywall, Photogenius

Boots, Indifferent Ignorance, makeover, makeup, mascara, Media coursework, modelling, photographs, torture, Weapons of Mass Destruction

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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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My Family and Other Animals

I Wrote This Lovely Post About My Dogs Then One of Them Refused to Acknowledge My Existence and Made Me Late

The Tentative Return of Rambling Posts

Doing My Sisterly Duty…

If Art is the Weapon, Mascara is the Nuclear Bomb.