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07/07/2014

Quick Art Update

I usually just post these things in Twitter and/or Tumblr posts but they’ve all cropped up in the last couple of days so I thought I may as well do a proper post… Ahem. I got an email earlier that most of my Etsy shop’s listings are expiring really soon, so if you’ve ever fancied… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Art, Books, Dogs, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, July 2014, Tumblr, TV

‘Goodnight Mister Tom’, ‘The Son of Neptune’, ‘Trainspotting’, ‘We Need to Talk about Kevin’, Adonis, Art, books, commissions, DeviantART, dogs, Etsy, Fred, Holidays, Indifferent Ignorance, piglet pictures, Society6, Tumblr, Twitter
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
18/10/2011

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one’s around to hear it does it make a sound?” I dunno, but it might crush some flowers.

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October 2011, Paywall, Photogenius

Fred, gardens, Indifferent Ignorance, the ancient art of tree felling, trees, Twitter
12/10/2010

Wait, Is That… Floor?!

I’m blogging today to celebrate a momentous occasion. It has never happened before where I currently live – seriously, I’m talking rarer than a blue moon. My bedroom is neat. Tidy, almost. There are no more bits of junk on the floor, no piles of belongings that have been there so long I can no… Continue reading

Colour, October 2010, School, THE WORLD *head in hands*, Videos

Americano song, bedrooms, blue moon, Fred, Indifferent Ignorance, junk, rareities, tidying, WMA

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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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Quick Art Update

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

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one’s around to hear it does it make a sound?” I dunno, but it might crush some flowers.

Wait, Is That… Floor?!